US President Joe Biden speaks off-the-cuff to American delegates at the opening of the Maccabiah Games in Jerusalem, July 14, 2022. (Channel 12 screenshot)
US President Joe Biden speaks with the American delegation to the Maccabiah delegation, eliciting big smiles from the athletes.
“What you’ve done is you’ve demonstrated to the world that you can do anything, and I’m so damn proud,” Biden tells the athletes, to their cheers. “You think I’m kidding you, but I’m not.
“I’ll be real brief. When I got out of high school I played college ball. In the NFL, there’s a program — they invite 50 people to walk on to see if they can make it. I asked a good friend of mine who went to Syracuse, [Pro Football Hall of Fame running back] Floyd Little” to ask his agent “if I could walk on. Seriously. True story. He came back to me and said Joe, he might be able to get you a chance to walk on, but he’s afraid you might have to be carried off.”
Biden puts on a USA cap and says: “Go get ’em, folks. Think of the message you’re sending around the world in terms of unity.”
He also says: “I’m here in Israel because I’m such an incredible supporter of Israel.”
US President Joe Biden accepts a USA cap and speaks off-the-cuff to American delegates at the opening of the Maccabiah Games in Jerusalem, July 14, 2022. (Channel 12 screenshot)
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