Joe Biden, 81, jokes he has a code to ‘blow up the world’ and seems to think Donald Trump is a congressman making a blundering visit to a windmill factory

Joe Biden joked he had a “code to blow up the world” as he talked about nuclear weapons during a visit to the world’s largest windmill factory.

The president then incorrectly referred to his predecessor as “Congressman Trump” in a gaffe-strewn appearance.

As he approached three Yellow Vests from the Colorado factory, one of them appeared to ask the president an inaudible question.

Biden responded, “Look, my Marine carries that. It has a code to blow up the world. That’s not the case, this isn’t… nuclear weapons, okay, okay… you think I’m joking.’

The codes for launching nuclear weapons – which are on a card known as the ‘nuclear cookie’ – are kept in a black box called the ‘nuclear football’.

A military aide carries the suitcase and stays close to the president when he travels.

In a subsequent speech at CS Wind in Pueblo, Colorado, Biden attacked the cuts that he said “Congressman Trump and Boebert want to make.”

That was a reference to Lauren Boebert, the Republican congresswoman from Colorado whose district he visited during his trip.

The ‘nuclear football’ is officially known as the Presidential Emergency Satchel.

It is a large briefcase that contains plans for nuclear war and allows the president to transmit nuclear orders to the Pentagon.

Carrying the heavy load is a military officer who is never far behind the president, whether the commander-in-chief is boarding a helicopter or leaving meetings with world leaders.

In the late 1950s, President Dwight Eisenhower and his advisors worried about vulnerability to a surprise nuclear attack.

So that the president could make quick decisions, a military aide began carrying a bag of documents that would help him communicate with the Pentagon.

A military aide carries the ‘nuclear football’, which contains launch codes for nuclear weapons

The nuclear football leaves Downing Street after Joe Biden visits British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on July 10, 2023

Initially, the bag and military aide only followed the president on trips outside Washington.

In the early 1960s, it became known as “football” under President John F. Kennedy.

This is believed to be due to the Kennedy family’s fondness for touch football.

Some vice presidents have also been accompanied by a military aide carrying a “nuclear football” so they would have the codes in case something happened to the president.

Joe Biden called his predecessor ‘Congressman Trump’

Biden became embroiled when he criticized Republican Congresswoman Lauren Boebert of Colorado

When he landed in Pueblo, Colorado Biden failed to stop and meet with attendees to greet him.

He didn’t seem to see or even initially acknowledge Senator John Hickenlooper and Mayor Nick Gradisar.

Instead, he headed straight for “the Beast,” his armored presidential limousine.

Before boarding, he was informed of the surveillance and spent a few minutes with the two dignitaries.

Joe Biden gestures during his visit to CS Wind, the world’s largest manufacturer of wind turbines, in Pueblo, Colorado

He later apologized in his speech at the wind turbine factory.

He said, “I knew I was going to be late, so I came straight down the stairs to Air Force One. I ran right past it.’

Biden also stumbled slightly as he boarded the plane en route to Pueblo, quickly grabbing a railing and regaining his balance.

The president used his speech to criticize Boebert, whose district includes the wind turbine factory.

He attacked her for opposing his Inflation Reduction Act, which he credited with bringing back jobs at the reopened factory, now owned by a South Korean company.

“She called this law a colossal failure. Do you all know that you are part of a colossal failure?” Biden asked the crowd.

“It all sounds like a huge fallacy on the part of the congressman.”