On Wednesday, after a morning of memorials in commemoration of the twenty third anniversary of the 9/11 assaults, President Joe Biden briefly placed on a crimson Trump hat at an occasion in Pennsylvania.

The now-viral second exhibits Biden jokingly placing on the hat throughout a go to with firefighters in Shanksville, Pennsylvania close to the place one of many 4 hijacked planes crashed on Sept. 11, 2001. In a while Wednesday, Trump additionally made an look in Shanksville.

Following the viralization of the footage throughout the web, the White Home stated Biden wore the cap as an indication of unity.

Video from the occasion exhibits Biden exchanging some pleasant phrases with a Trump supporter within the crowd earlier than each males swap caps in a gesture of what Andrew Bates, White Home Senior Deputy Press Secretary clarified as an indication of “bipartisan unity.”

Watch the viral second:

It’s not the primary time Republicans have joked with Democrats over carrying crimson Trump hats. The night time earlier than, within the debate between Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris, Trump joked about sending Harris considered one of his crimson Make America Nice Once more hats.

“She’s going to my philosophy now. Actually, I used to be going to ship her a MAGA hat,” Trump stated throughout Tuesday’s debate.

The web reacts

Following the incident, the web had one thing to say in regards to the truth Biden wore the hat of his former political opponent. 

“Thanks for the help, Joe!,” the Trump marketing campaign stated in a social media put up.

Fernando Cervantes Jr. is a trending information reporter for USA TODAY. Attain him at fernando.cervantes@gannett.com and comply with him on X @fern_cerv_.