Biden appears to rest his eyes at African sum­mit in Ango­la

Pres­i­dent Biden appeared to rest his eyes dur­ing a sum­mit with African lead­ers in Lobito, Ango­la, in a moment that was caught on video. 

Seat­ed in the mid­dle of a table with var­i­ous offi­cials from African coun­tries, the 82-year-old pres­i­dent can be seen clos­ing his eyes and rest­ing his head while Taza­ni­a’s Vice Pres­i­dent Philip Mpan­go spoke. 

Biden’s eyes remained closed for more than a minute. Oth­er­wise, he was alert and gave remarks before and after the brief peri­od. 

The White House did not imme­di­ate­ly respond to a request for com­ment.

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Sev­er­al observers on social media said it looked like the pres­i­dent fell asleep.

“Joe Biden fell asleep dur­ing a meet­ing with African lead­ers today,” Out­kick founder Clay Travis post­ed on X. “He’s sharp as a tack though! Hon­est­ly, this feels inten­tion­al. Who puts an 82 year old on a plane for a THREE DAY trip to Africa?! Three days! So dumb.” 

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Jake Schnei­der, who was the rapid response direc­tor for Pres­i­dent-elect Trump’s cam­paign, quipped, “Biden lit­er­al­ly falls asleep dur­ing his own meet­ing in Africa. Who’s run­ning the coun­try?”

And Den­ver-based radio host Ross Kamin­sky, among oth­ers, called the episode “embar­rass­ing” for the Unit­ed States.

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“It’s incred­i­ble that our ene­mies haven’t chal­lenged us more while we’re basi­cal­ly with­out a pres­i­dent,” Kamisnky shared on X.

Ear­li­er on Tues­day, Biden announced $1 bil­lion in human­i­tar­i­an aid to sup­port Africans dis­placed by his­toric droughts and food inse­cu­ri­ty.

“The Unit­ed States con­tin­ues to be the world’s largest provider of human­i­tar­i­an aid and devel­op­ment assis­tance. That’s going to increase, you know, that’s the right thing for the wealth­i­est nation in the world to do,” Biden said while speak­ing in Ango­la. “Today I’m announc­ing over $1 bil­lion in new human­i­tar­i­an sup­port for Africans dis­placed from homes by his­toric droughts and food inse­cu­ri­ty. We know African lead­ers and cit­i­zens are seek­ing more than just aid. You seek invest­ment.

Biden’s vis­it to Ango­la this week marks the first time the pres­i­dent has stepped foot on African soil dur­ing his pres­i­den­cy, and it comes as peo­ple in North Car­oli­na con­tin­ue to face chal­lenges after Hur­ri­cane Helene caused destruc­tion and dev­as­ta­tion in late Sep­tem­ber.

Last month, the White House request­ed $98 bil­lion in addi­tion­al dis­as­ter relief fund­ing to help efforts in Helene-rav­ished areas.

Fox News Dig­i­tal’s Greg Wehn­er con­tributed to this report.