Biden appears confused during a visit to small businesses in Pennsylvania, where he was welcomed VERY rudely by hecklers who labeled him a 'loser' and 'genocide Joe'

President Joe Biden appeared confused Friday during a visit to Pennsylvania, where he received a less than warm welcome from troublemakers who labeled him a “loser” and urged him to “go home.”

The 81-year-old appeared bewildered during a visit to a bicycle shop in the Allentown area, one of several small businesses he visited there to tour.

Video showed the president looking momentarily stunned as he was introduced to the store's staff, before appearing to remember and motioning for employees to greet them.

Before entering, he was harassed with chants of “Go home Joe,” the New York Post reports. A few hours later, a rowdy crowd of Pro Palestine supporters along his motorcade route labeled him “genocide Joe.”

The group sang, “We'll remember in November,” referring to the upcoming election.

A video of him touring an Allentown bike shop showed him appearing confused as he was introduced to the staff

The 81-year-old was branded a “loser” by the crowd in the Allentown area, while others shouted “Go home Joe.”

The president's motorcade was also hit by demonstrators carrying Pro Palestine placards demanding a ceasefire against Gaza

Biden entered three stores to emphasize the value of small businesses and discuss his economic record.

“My name is Joe Biden and I work for the governor and the senator,” the president said as he joined Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro and Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pennsylvania, at the Nowhere Coffee Co. stepped in.

Biden ordered what appeared to be a smoothie. Clearly the onlookers in the coffeehouse knew who he was, and one of them joked, “This is a normal day.”

Elsewhere, his reception was less warm, with reporters demanding to know his true feelings about Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin's failure to announce his hospitalization.

Asked if he has confidence in Austin, Biden replied: 'Yes, indeed.' Asked if it was an error of judgment if Austin didn't inform him of his hospitalization, Biden said, “Yes.”

These were his first public comments about his defense minister.

The Pentagon said Friday that Austin remains at Walter Reed Medical Center in 'good condition', that he had and was in contact with senior staff “actively involved” in overseeing and directing U.S. military participation in attacks on Houthi targets.

Biden has previously indicated he will support his defense secretary, but White House officials agreed the situation was a problem.

The angry crowd branded the president 'genocide Joe' and vowed to 'commemorate it in November'

President Joe Biden also warned Lloyd Austin about his error in judgment when the Defense secretary chose not to disclose his hospitalization, but said he still has confidence in him.

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, 70, was hospitalized on Jan. 1, but the Pentagon waited three days to release the information. This most recent photo shows him on December 20

Austin finally announced on Tuesday that he had prostate cancer, after initially refusing to say what he was suffering from and days of questions about his hospitalization.

The mishandling of the case is now being investigated by the Pentagon.

Austin and Biden spoke this week ahead of the US and British airstrikes on Houthi rebels around Yemen in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden that took place late Thursday evening.

Biden made Friday's trip without delivering prepared remarks ahead of a weekend getaway to the presidential retreat, Camp David in Maryland.