President Biden appeared to nibble on the shoulder of a terrified little girl as he departed from Helsinki, Finland, on Thursday.
Video of the incident, which took place as the President greeted embassy staff and their families before boarding Air Force One at Helsinki-Vantaan International Airport, shows Biden leaning on a young girl, his mouth on her shoulder lays and nibbles lightly.
The little girl – who appeared terrified during the experience – later turned her head when Biden, who turns 81 this November, tried to kiss her on the head.
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Footage of the incident quickly made the rounds on social media, with several users criticizing the president for his odd behavior.
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“This has to be Biden’s scariest moment with a kid yet,” said Caleb Hull, a conservative activist. said about the footage. “All Biden has to do is not to do this and he can’t,” he added in a separate tweet.
Republican activist Greg Price joked that Biden is “now confusing babies with ice cream cones.”
“Biden is a creepy AF. Why would anyone put their mouth on another person’s child? This is the highest level of disgusting pedophilia behavior,” said political comedian Tim Young noted in a tweet.
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“Keep your kids away from Joe Biden. Disgusting,” Young added in a video about the incident.
President Biden speaks with a child before boarding Air Force One at Helsinki-Vantaan International Airport July 13, 2023 in Helsinki, Finland. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
“Biden pretended to bite this little girl in the back in Finland today,” another person tweeted. “She was obviously scared and not amused.”
The president’s spectacular behavior came at the end of a five-day trip to Europe, where he attended a Lithuanian summit to bolster support for Ukraine amid its war with Russia and to demonstrate Finland’s NATO membership.
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President Biden holds a joint press conference with the Finnish President following the US-Nordic leaders summit in Helsinki, July 13, 2023. (ALESSANDRO RAMPAZZO/AFP via Getty Images)
During the trip, Biden made several speech errors, including confusing Russia and Ukraine and their leaders.
Speaking at the NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania on Wednesday, Biden referred to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as “Vladmir,” seemingly confusing Zelenskyy with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
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Biden appeared unaware of his mistake and went on to say he “shouldn’t be so familiar” and referred to Zelenskyy as “Mr. Zelenskyy.”
Putin and Zelenskyy each have a different version of the same name, with “Volodymyr” being the version most commonly used in Ukraine.
In a later speech after the summit, Biden confused the two nations and referred to Ukraine as Russia.
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President Biden delivers his remarks while President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy stands by the side of the G7 declaration of joint support for Ukraine during the NATO high-level summit at the Litexpo conference center in Vilnius, Lithuania July 12, 2023. (Dominika Zarzycka/NurPhoto via Getty Images )
“Russia could end this war tomorrow by withdrawing its forces from Ukraine, recognizing its international borders and ceasing its attacks – its inhumane attacks – on Russia – I mean Russia on Ukraine,” corrected Biden.
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The gaffes are just the latest in a string of near-constant fumbling by Biden, including last month when he told reporters that Putin “clearly lost the war in Iraq.”
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Fox News’ Brandon Gillespie contributed to this article.