This was the anticlimactic way that the man who used to be called the leader of the free world reappeared after nearly a week out of the public eye
Amid all the turbulence of the last couple of weeks, there is now at least one thing we can be sure of: Joe Biden, who is still the ostensible president of the United States, is still alive.
After allegedly being diagnosed with COVID, dropping out of the race in a message on X that raised as many questions as it answered, and dropping out of sight other than a strange phone call to a Kamala Harris rally on Monday, Joe Biden finally reappeared on Tuesday afternoon, looking as hale and hearty as ever, that is, not at all.
Biden was caught on video emerging feebly from the presidential limousine, carrying, but not wearing, a COVID mask, as if to remind the world of the official story of why he has been out of sight for so long.