- Biden was at a Thanksgiving event at a naval base in Norfolk, Virginia, on Sunday
- He approached a young girl in the audience, expressing admiration for her ears
- ‘I love your ears! They’re really cool! What’s your name?’ the president, 80, asked
Joe Biden has again raised eyebrows by telling a six-year-old girl ‘I love your ears’ at a Thanksgiving event.
The President, who turns 81 on Monday, approached the child, named Catherine, and said her ears were ‘really cool’ at the meet at Naval Station Norfolk in Virginia.
He bent down and almost touched the youngster during the ‘Friendsgiving’ at the naval base ahead of the holiday later this week.
Social media viewers brand Biden ‘creepy’ and said his demeanor was ‘disturbing’ during the impromptu exchange.
It is not the first time the president has been questioned for interactions with youngsters, with him most recently pretending to eat a child’s ear in the summer.
‘I love your ears!’, Biden said reaching down to a girl who was wearing a headband with leopard ears, almost touching them.
‘I love ’em. They’re really cool! What’s your name?’ the president asked. ‘Catherine’, the little girl responded.
‘What a beautiful name,’ Biden said. ‘That’s my mommy’s name. How old are you? 17?’ he joked. ‘Six!’ the youngster replied shyly.
The reaction on social media found Biden’s reaction ‘disturbing’, ‘creepy’ and ‘cringe’.
Biden and First Lady Jill visited the packed auditorium at Naval Support Activity Hampton Roads to introduce a new film centered around the early life of Roald Dahl’s fictional eccentric chocolatier, Willy Wonka.
He joked to the many youngsters in the crowd: ‘I like kids more than adults’ and added ‘I wish I could stay and watch Wonka with you.’
The Bidens helped serve dinner with service members from the USS Dwight D. Eisenhower and the USS Gerald R. Ford at Norfolk Naval Station.
‘You literally are the backbone, the spine, the spine of this nation,’ the president said. ‘Only 1 percent of you, that’s all, that protects the 99 percent of us.’
As the event was wrapping up, attendees presented Biden with a birthday cake ahead of Monday.
There have been a number of example of ‘creepy’ behavior by Biden over the years.
In July a little girl looked mortified as Biden pretended to gobble her up and sniff her during a bizarre exchange while in Finland.
Last October he appeared to grab a young girl by her shoulder telling her ‘no serious guys till you’re 30’ while posing for a photograph with the teen and her friends at Irvine Valley College in California.
The president was visiting the community college to meet with older adults and tout his administration’s efforts to reduce inflation and drive down costs.
But as the visit came to and end, he stood to pose with some of those who had gathered to hear his remarks.
‘Now, a very important thing I told me daughters and granddaughters – no serious guys until you’re 30!’ he told a bemused teen.
Biden stood to take a photograph with the girl. As he did so, he appeared to sniff the girl’s hair before imparting the ‘fatherly’ relationship advice.
The girl appears to be uncomfortable and laughed nervously as she turns around to look at the commander-in-chief, who continues to rest his hands on her shoulder.
‘I’ll keep that in mind!’ she responds while laughing it off.
Last November Biden could be seen lurking in the background of children’s selfies as he peered through a shop window on Nantucket.
The president featured in an eerie close-up after unexpectedly approaching the Lemon Press Juice Shop window in Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
In March 2022, Biden also took it upon himself to give the exact same dating advice to a group of eight-year-old, third-grade schoolgirls, saying ‘the only thing I want you girls to remember, no serious guys ’til you’re 30 years old.’
‘What a creep. That poor girl doesn’t want his repulsive hands on her, nor him breathing into her face. And what business is it of his as to who she dates and when? He’s disgusting and inappropriate, among many other things,’ tweeted Vanessa Peveto.
‘Serious question… Why does he always do this? I can’t tell you how many videos I’ve seen of him telling little girls stuff like, ‘Remember, no dating until you’re older’, etc… It’s just flat out weird,’ declared another user.
‘He has no concept of social cues. Look at the body language, the way she pulls back as she’s clearly uncomfortable all the while he leans in further. Inappropriate. Creepy,’ explained one Twitter follower.
‘Why the hell can’t he keep his hands and thoughts to himself around girls and young women- haven’t his handlers talked to him in depth about this??’ wrote another angrily.
The creepy antics are the latest to occur in Biden’s 51 years in politics with a has a history of making eyebrow-raising remarks about girls and women.
In May 2020, Biden gave his teen granddaughter a kiss on the lips while giving a speech at a campaign trail event ahead of the Iowa caucuses.
The then former Vice President was spotted clutching then-19-year-old Finnegan Biden’s hand as they arrived at a campaign event at Clarke University in Dubuque, Iowa.
The following year, in May 2021, Biden was slammed for ‘creepy’ remarks he made about a young girl during a speech at a Virginia military base.
On that occasion he went off-script to point out an ‘elementary school- aged’ girl as he delivered an address at Joint Base Langley-Eustis.
‘I love those barrettes in your hair, man,’ the President said to the girl, who was sitting at the side of the stage
‘I tell you what, look at her, she looks like she’s 19 years old, sitting there like a little lady with her legs crossed,’ Biden bizarrely continued.
The girl’s mother had reportedly introduced Biden to the stage prior to his speech.
Footage of Biden’s odd remarks was shared to The Post Millennial’s Twitter page, with many users perturbed by what they heard.
‘Your president people… there is a reason they don’t let him talk in front of cameras often..’ one stated.
A second person chimed in: ‘This would be front page news on the New York Times and the lead story on CNN for two weeks if Trump did this. And no, this isn’t whataboutism,’ one person remarked.
Another defended Biden, but did concede that there was media bias.
‘He’s socially awkward. He says it like he’s trying to be sweet. Innocent in his head meanwhile everyone else is like ‘Uhhh what??” the person wrote on Twitter.
‘[But I] Gotta agree with some comments here. If Trump said it then it would have been front page news. That’s how biased our news outlets are.’
In 2021, during an event in Florida, Biden told a group of underage female dancers: ‘I’m coming back and I want to see these beautiful young ladies, I want to see them dancing when they are four years older too!’
In 2019, he told a 10-year-old girl: ‘I’ll bet you’re as bright as you are good-looking.’
He has also been photographed over the years kissing and touching young girls and women during public events.
During his presidential campaign, three women also came forward accusing him of acting inappropriately.
Biden responded with a public statement, saying: ‘In my many years on the campaign trail and in public life, I have offered countless handshakes, hugs, expressions of affection, support and comfort.
‘And not once — never — did I believe I acted inappropriately. If it is suggested I did so, I will listen respectfully. But it was never my intention.’
Former Senate staffer Tara Reade has also accused the President of assaulting her while she worked for him back in 1993. He has vigorously denied the allegation on multiple occasions.
Emily Foster is a globe-trotting journalist based in the UK. Her articles offer readers a global perspective on international events, exploring complex geopolitical issues and providing a nuanced view of the world’s most pressing challenges.
