He’s from a galaxy far, far away.
President Biden shared a Star Wars Day clip featuring a celestial White House visitor on X Saturday, which was quickly criticized as lame by social media users.
“May the 4th be with you.” the commander in chief yelled He looked solemnly at the camera.
It was then that Mark Hamill, who played Luke Skywalker, swooped into the frame and sharply uttered the words, “Always.”
The two serious men stand chest-to-chest, leaving just enough space between them for the portrait of Franklin D. Roosevelt that hangs on the Oval Office wall to stare at their antics. left.
The five-second clip racked up 4.8 million views within hours of being posted, with many replies mocking the couple.
Comedian Tim Young mocked him as “a homeless drunk with dementia.”
“The funniest thing is that Joe is now in Delaware and has already forgotten he said this,” conservative account Black Suit wrote.
Another user wrote: “The national humiliation continues.”
The video was shared a day after Hamill, 72, made a surprise visit to the White House press room wearing aviator shades said to have been a gift from the president.
He claimed he had just finished a visit with Biden — presumably when the two filmed some awkward footage.
“He said, ‘You can call me Joe,'” the actor recalled.
“And I said, ‘Can I call you?’ Joe Biwon Kenobi?And he loved it. ”
The actor has been an outspoken supporter of both Biden and Israel amid widespread protests and riots on college campuses against the president’s support for the Jewish state’s continued invasion of the Gaza Strip targeting the terrorist organization Hamas.
Mr. Hamill used his time as a White House correspondent to trumpet Mr. Biden’s performance — even though polls show the president’s average approval rating is dismal. 40.1% He is seeking re-election in November, hampered by opinion polls showing high inflation and widespread dissatisfaction with illegal immigration.
