Joe Biden lambasted after walking out of U.S. military medal ceremony

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Joe Biden is facing criticism after he was seen walking out of a military medal ceremony before the event wrapped up.

At the White House on Tuesday, the U.S. President, 80, awarded the Medal of Honor to Capt. Larry Taylor, 81, a U.S. Army pilot who risked his life during the Vietnam War to save fellow American troops.

But before the ceremony came to an end, Biden was seen leaving while Taylor received a round of applause and before the closing prayer.

And that drew the wrath of people on social media.

“The recipient is left standing there with egg on his face,” a user on social media site X wrote.

Others called it sad, pathetic, a disgrace and disrespectful.

“So outrageous,” another wrote. “Why does he get a free pass all the time?”

One user was a little more charitable, assuming Biden “didn’t know what he was supposed to do next so he just took off.”

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On the night of June 18, 1968, then-1st Lt. Taylor flew his Cobra attack helicopter to rescue four members of a reconnaissance team from almost certain death.

The army says that what Taylor did that night had never been attempted.

— with files from the Associated Press.