Joe Biden Accidentally Reveals Awkward Cheat Sheet Telling Him How To Act In Meetings

President Joe Biden accidentally flashed the comically detailed notes he used during a meeting on Thursday in a video that has now gone viral. During a meeting with wind industry executives at the White House, the President mistakenly showed photographers the list of instructions that said 'take YOUR seat', 'YOU give brief comments' and 'YOU depart'.

The 79-year-old was also instructed to speak to specific attendees, ask them questions and thank them before leaving.

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It is not the first time Biden appears to have been caught using a cheat sheet, after he was spotted with ready-made answers for the media during a talk on Ukraine earlier this year.

Thursday's mess up was the latest in a series of gaffes that have included him losing his balance and falling over in public as well as saying what he should not. They have sparked major concerns for the President's welfare and mental capacity as he approaches 80 despite the White House shooting down questions over his health.

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Titled “Offshore Wind Drop-By Sequence of Events”, the document tells the president to “enter the Roosevelt Room and say hello to participants.” The paper says, “YOU take YOUR seat.” It includes a note “Press arrives” followed by “YOU give brief comments (2 minutes).” It then says “Press departs” followed by “YOU ask Liz Shuler, President, AFL-CIO, a question.” The note adds: “Liz is joining virtually”. It subsequently says “YOU thank participants” and “YOU depart.”

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Rather than refer to 'The President' by name, whoever typed up the note had clearly intended it to be for presidential eyes only and instead referred to Biden as 'YOU', in bold, upper case lettering.

The meeting with wind-industry executives in the Roosevelt Room at the White House, went down without further incident but afterwards eagle-eyed photographers quickly realized what the President had revealed.

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Biden's talk with wind-industry executives resulted in him launching a formal partnership with 11 East Coast governors to boost the growing offshore wind industry, a key element of his plan for climate change. Biden, Interior Secretary Deb Haaland and other top administration officials met with governors, wind industry officials and labor leaders.

The session focused on ways to expand important segments of the offshore industry, including manufacturing facilities, ports and workforce training and development.

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Biden has continued to use such notes throughout his presidency and they are sometimes handed to him during very public moments. Last July, an aide handed him note stating: 'Sir, there is something on your chin.' It alerted the president there had been something on his face for roughly the first 10 minutes of his virtual meeting.

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He had a yellow dot below his mouth, but he carried on talking. He was then handed a note, prompting him to wipe his chin and look at his hand. Biden again held the note so that it was available for all reporters and photographers to read. The note was only visible because Biden used the same notecard to scribble notes during the meeting.

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Earlier this year, Biden was mocked for using a printed 'cheat sheet' of answers to expected questions when he faced the media to discuss the Ukraine war. The notes read: 'If you weren't advocating for regime change, what did you mean? Can you clarify?'

Another read: 'Is this now threatening to splinter unity with your NATO allies?' Biden already had an answer prepared on the printed card: 'No. NATO has never been more united.' He regularly uses cue cards, and was photographed frequently with them during the campaign trail before taking office.

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Biden also utilized notes during a 2021 summit with Putin, while touring the damage of Hurricane Ida in Louisiana and while calling on reporters at the G20 summit in Rome.

He would often take from his pocket the daily totals of Covid cases, which he referenced regularly. He also used them to give precise details at a Town Hall before the election, as he fielded a question about taxes.

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Meanwhile earlier this month his welfare was again called into question when he went tumbling off a bicycle in Rehoboth Beach in Delaware. He told press 'I'm good' after falling over and taking his bike with him. Biden told reporters that he had trouble removing his shoes from the bikes' pedals, causing the fall.

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He had come over to say hello to a crowd that had gathered near the Gordon's Pond State Park bike trail, with people yelling 'Happy Father's Day' to the president. Upon trying to dismount the bike, his shoes caught and he fell over sideways, causing a mad scramble of Secret Service and press trying to help him up.

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Republicans have repeatedly questioned Biden's mental faculties during his time as president. They claim Biden is showing signs of mental decline and should take a test to prove otherwise. As recently as last week, concerns over Biden's mental capacity were dismissed by White House officials.

Here's the video of POTUS revealing his cheat sheet: