President Donald Trump tried to dunk on his predecessor Joe Biden on Tuesday as he weirdly hyped up his stair-climbing skills during a live interview with CNBC.

Trump, fueled by host Joe Kernen’s mere mention of Saudi Arabia, made a bizarre pivot to talk of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman giving him his “famous line” about the U.S. no longer being a “dead country” before suggesting that America was a laughing stock under Biden.

“He couldn’t walk up a flight of stairs. Forget about down, he couldn’t walk up a flight,” said Trump of Biden in a likely nod to a viral 2021 video showing his predecessor tripping multiple times on the boarding stairs to Air Force One.

Trump continued, “He was falling all over the place. I have to be careful because if I do trip or fall, it’s going to be the biggest — that’s why when I get out of those planes, I walk nice and slowly. I’m not looking to set any speed records.”

Trump: "I have to be careful because if I do trip or fall, it's gonna be the biggest story. That's why when I get out of those planes, I walk nice and slowly. I'm not looking to set any speed records." pic.twitter.com/957vxrSTNB

While Trump tried to talk up his ability to ascend steps, he neglected to mention that he, too, has stumbled on the boarding stairs to Air Force One.

The president misstepped on his way up to the plane before regaining his balance with the help of a railing, in an embarrassing moment caught on camera in June 2025. (Check out Trump’s pre-flight flub in the clip below.)

President Trump stumbles while walking up the stairs to Air Force One pic.twitter.com/Z9ZNEKkd7z

One snap captured by Agence France-Presse photographer Andrew Caballero-Reynolds shows the president’s reaction as he gripped onto the railing before an eventual course correction.

In March 2025, Trump tripped on his way up the steps to Marine One after helping Elon Musk’s son, X Æ A-Xii, board the chopper.

Trump has recently fixated on his predecessors’ stair-maneuvering abilities.

Last month, Trump — in a speech where he bragged about walking down “soaking wet” steel stairs — claimed he admired how Barack Obama “bobbed down” the stairs during his time in the Oval Office.

“You talk about unpresidential,” said Trump to a crowd in Hebron, Kentucky.

“He’s bob — and I couldn’t believe that he made it without at least a noticeable major fall.”

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