Joe Biden delivered one of his final international addresses over the weekend before bizarrely shuffling off into the Amazon rainforest.
Newsweek noted the attention on social media:
“A video of President Joe Biden appearing to “wander off” into the Amazon rainforest has gone viral on social media.
The clip comes from the end of Biden’s press conference Sunday from a section of forest in Manaus, Brazil, where he delivered remarks about conservation and the investments his administration has made in clean energy infrastructure.
In the clip, Biden, standing at a podium in a loose-fitting outdoor shirt and sunglasses turns, waves, and appears to walk right into the forest, rather than following the path in front of him.
On Sunday, pop culture news account @PopBase posted a 13-second version of the clip on X, captioned: “Joe Biden becomes the first sitting US President to visit the Amazon Rainforest.” It had been viewed 26.1 million times by Monday morning, and included many comments of people asking where the president had gone.