Biden dons Trump hat, gets called ‘old fart’ in visit to Shanksville, Pa. fire station on 9/11 anniversary
President Biden briefly put on a red Trump hat Wednesdaꦅy d꧟uring a visit to a fire station in Shanksville, Pa., where he was ruthlessly ridiculed by one of the former president’s supporters.
As the president mingled with first responders after marking the 23rd anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, it appears he offered to trade one of his hats for the Trump supporter’s cap, .
“I’ll give you my presidential hat,” Biden tol𝓡d the man, noting the “presidential seal⭕ on it.”
The Trump supporter, an older gentleman wearing “Punisher” suspenders🍸, insisted that Biden sign the hat to seal the dea🍃l, and the president agreed.
“Do you remember your nཧame?” the Tru🐲mp supporter quipped.
“I don’t remember my name,” the 81-year-old preside💜nt responded. “𝄹I’m slow.”
“You’re an old fart,” the Trump backer sai💙d, forcing Biden to acknowledge, “I’m an old guy.”
“You’re an old fart, right?” the man continued, openl𓃲y mocking the president.
“I know 🥀you would know about that,” Biden shot back at the balding man, who then claimed to be a “young timer.”
The bizarre back-and-forth didn’t end there.
“He reminds me of the guys I grew up with,” Biden said as he finished signing t💮he presidential hat. “There was always one in the neighborhood.”
W🍰hen the president asked the supporter of the GOP nominee for his red Trump hat, the man asked, “You want my autograph?”
“Hell no,” Biden replied.
At the ꦓcrowd’s urging, Biden proceeded to briꦅefly place the “Trump 2024” hat over the hat already on his head.
“I’m ♍proud of you now, you old fart,” the Trump supporter tꩵold Biden.
“Just remember, no eating dogs and cats,” the president said as he made his way away from the Trump backer, who strangely argued, “They’re good,” like🦄ning the taste of family pets to “Kentucky Fried Chicken.”
Footage of Biden, 81, donning the hat was quickly shared by the Trump-Vance campaign and the White House later confirmed that the president had trieꦗd on the headwear in the spirit of bipartisanship.
“At the Shanksville Fire Station, @POTUS spoke about the country’s bipartisan unity after 9/11 and said we needed to get back to that,” White House senior deputy press𒅌 secr💖etary Andrew Bates .
“As a gesture, he gave a hat to a Trump supporter who then said that in the same spirit, PO𓂃TUS 🐭should put on his Trump cap. He briefly wore it.”
Supporters of the Republican n✤ominee were less magnanim𓃲ous.
“Kamala ꧅did so bad in last night’s debate, Joe Biden just put on a Trump hat,” the Trump War Rꦡoom account along with footage that appeared to be reversed to show Biden putting on the hat rather than removing it.
Earlier, Biden had br🙈ought beer and pizza to the firehouse after participating in a wreath-laying ceremony at the memorial to United Airlines Flight 93, which was taken down by Al Qaeda hijackers with 40 people on board on that tragic day more than two decades ago.
Passengers on the Boeing 757 had stormed the cockpit 🧸before the terrorists could crash the jet into its intended targe✤t, believed to be either the White House or the US Capitol building.
Shanksville is located in Somerset County, a hea🅺vily Republican area where more than 77% of voters൲ backed Trump in the 2020 election.
Ironically, during Tuesday night’s debate with Vice President Kamala Harris, Trump mused about sending the Democratic nominee one of his trademark red ‘Make America Great Again’ hats while needling her for poaching hiꦜs ideas.
“Everything that she believed three years ago and four years ago is out the 🗹window🌞. She’s going to my philosophy now,” Trump said.
“In fact, I was going to s💯end her a ‘MAGAꦿ’ hat. She’s going to my philosophy.” ;
Biden, who dropp⛄ed out of the 2024 race July 21, had long accused Trump of posing a threat to the foundation of the country.
“Too much of what’s happening in our country today is not normal,” the pres🐈ident sa🐎id during remarks in September 2022. “Donald Trump and the MAGA Republicans represent an extremism that threatens the very foundations of our republic.”
The Post contacted tജhe White House for additional comment.