On June 6, 2024, reports appeared on the Web that at an event dedicated to the anniversary of the allied landing in Normandy, the US president allegedly wanted to sit on a non -existent chair. We checked the authenticity of the video given as evidence.
June 6, 2024 in France celebrated the 80th anniversary landings American, British and Canadian troops in Normandy, which marked the opening of the second front against Hitler Germany during the Second World War. Many world leaders, including US President Joe Biden, took part in the celebrations. Official representatives of Russia for commemorative events in Normandy Not invited.
On the same day, a short video was distributed over the network, in which, as reported, Biden tried to sit on a non -existent chair. According to the TGSTAT service, in less than a day, more than 300 channels were written in Telegram about the video, whose posts in total at the time of writing this analysis received about 3 million views. Among them "Sanya in Florida"(359,000 views),"Ne. Sahar"(198,000),"Putin in Telegram"(147 000),"Freshness"(140 000),"Truthfulness"(121 000), Voblya (112 000), "Belarusian security officer"(105 000), Rus_criminal (97 000), "Politics of the country"(84,000),"Petya the first"(80 000),"Bullet"(71 000),"Bocharik (yeah, the same)"(67 000),"Scott Ritter in Telegram"(47 000),"Signal"(22,000, the post is deleted),"The logic of Markov"(22,000) and others about how Baiden" disgraced ", trying to sit on an invisible chair, wrote public in VKontakte (examples here, here And here) and the media: “Izvestia” (twice: here And here), "Tsargrad","Reginum" URA.RU, News.ru And "Country.ua".
IA "Reginum"So describes what is happening on a 12-second viral video:“ The embarrassment occurred on the stage, where his French colleague Emmanuel Macron with his wife Brigitte stood next to the US president. As can be seen on the frames, the American leader shook his hand to Macron and then tried to sit on a chair that was not. ” The author of the note c URA.RU He even refers to the official recording of the event on the social network X: “Bayden shook his hand in the French chapter and several times attempted to sit on a chair that was not next to him on the stage. The broadcast of the White House shows how Macron is trying to pretend that he did not notice the actions of the US president, he decided to defiantly look aside. "
The broadcast of the solemn event conducted numerous world media. On the above Stream From the White House, the desired fragment begins at the mark of 34:23, while the recording is carried out from a different angle. However, already at 34/37 cameras demonstrate the scene from the opposite side - it is clearly visible how Biden and other participants in the event are sitting on the chairs standing right behind them. Moreover, if you look at the whole broadcast, you can see that the US president listened to all the performances of guests invited, sitting on the same chair.

A similar broadcast was carried out by the channel NBC News, but the record of the publication The Guardian It differs slightly - the angle of shooting practically coincides with the fact that in the viral video. There the desired passage begins at the mark 26:35and already in 26:50 It can be seen how Biden sits in his place - where he planned initially. Apparently, when the American leader wanted to sit on his chair, he heard the announcer’s appeal to those present and froze in anticipation until he uttered the name of the speaker. Immediately after this, the speech of the US Minister of Defense Lloyd Austin began, and the president of the country performed after him.
Moreover, even on a viral passage, despite its low quality, behind Macron, Biden and their husband can be seen the outlines of chairs.

Thus, Biden sat on a completely existing chair, and the Russian media and owners of large Telegram channels spread the video torn from the context, accompanying him with false signatures about the actions of the US president. Earlier on the Internet more than once appeared Disinforming reports of the strange behavior of the American leader - for example, that during his speech he turned to invisible listeners and asked them not to jump.
Photo on the cover: screenshot video @guardiannews (YouTube)
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