Trending Images Share with X It claims that President Joe Biden endorsed former President Donald Trump in the 2024 election.
It's official! Biden endorses Trump! After donning a MAGA hat today, this old man posed with kids from Pennsylvania wearing Trump shirts! pic.twitter.com/oiIAeeMqsH
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) September 12, 2024
Verdict: False
According to Newsweek magazine, Biden has not endorsed Trump, but wore a pro-Trump hat as a “sign of solidarity” during an event commemorating the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. At the same event, Biden posed with a group of children, some of whom were wearing pro-Trump T-shirts, the magazine reported.
Fact check:
“The Secret Service needs more help,” Biden said in response to reports of the assassination attempt at Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate on Sunday. Sky NewsAccording to the outlet, a Secret Service agent saw “gun barrels coming out of the perimeter fence” while Trump was playing golf.
The X-image, which has been viewed over 100,000 times at the time of writing, claims that Biden has endorsed Trump in the election of 2024. The viral image shows Biden posing for a photo with a group of children, some of whom are wearing pro-Trump T-shirts.
“It's official! Biden endorses Trump! After donning a MAGA hat today, old man posed with kids from Pennsylvania in Trump shirts!” the image caption read.
This claim is false. Biden did pose for photos with children and wore a MAGA hat, but he said that his actions were not an endorsement of Trump, but rather a “gesture of solidarity” during a visit to a fire station in Shanksville, Pennsylvania, on the anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. Newsweek.
During the same visit, Biden gave a hat to a Trump supporter who then suggested Biden wear one, according to the outlet. Newsweek backed up the claim with a statement from White House Deputy Press Secretary Andrew Bates.
“He gave his hat to a Trump supporter as a token and then the supporter suggested that in the same spirit, the president should also wear a Trump hat, which the president did wear for a short while,” Bates told the outlet.
a video A YouTube video shared by UK-based media outlets The Times and The Sunday Times shows Biden interacting with a Trump supporter, signing a hat with the presidential seal logo for the Trump supporter. “Here you go,” Biden said as he handed the hat to the Trump supporter.
“We need that hat,” Biden quickly added, taking a pro-Trump hat from a Trump supporter and putting it on, with the same kids Biden was pictured with in the viral X post visible in the background.
Similarly, Check Your Fact There is no reliable news coverage Biden is suggesting he will support Trump in the 2024 election. In fact, the opposite is true. September 13th, Fact Check Biden denied claims that his Trump hat was a sign of his support for the former president and 2024 Republican candidate. (Related article: Is Israel the only country outside the US with a 9/11 memorial?)
Check Your Fact has reached out to the White House for comment.
