Biden says he was 'fired' from gig while reminiscing about '1912' at Coast Guard Friendsgiving

82-year-old President Joe Biden joked astir his property - and getting 'fired' - arsenic helium served up Brussels sprouts astatine a Coast Guard 'Friendsgiving' Monday nighttime connected Staten Island. 

The president and archetypal woman Jill Biden attended the lawsuit arsenic portion of the archetypal lady's Joining Forces initiative. 

Biden doled retired Thanksgiving nutrient for astir 50 minutes earlier making an announcement. 

'I've conscionable been told I've been fired,' said Biden - who was pressured by his ain enactment to driblet his reelection bid successful July aft a disastrous precocious June statement show heightened old-age concerns. 

He had opened the lawsuit by suggesting helium had been astir adjacent longer than his 82 years - aft celebrating his day past week. 

'I hadn't planned connected saying this, but I was reasoning astir this erstwhile I was coming up. I was a beauteous bully shot subordinate successful precocious schoolhouse ... but my backmost was all-state arsenic well. He came on and helium ended up being a backmost for the Coast Guard Academy,' Biden said. 

'In 1912,' helium added, prompting laughter from the crowd. 

Neither the president nor the archetypal woman was fazed erstwhile tiny children interrupted their remarks with shouts and cries. 

'Kids are screaming, hollering and crying. We're Bidens. We're utilized to it,' the president said.

Biden besides warned parents he'd travel to their tables to speech to them and their children, noting helium likes babies best.

'As everybody knows I similar kids amended than people,' helium said.

Unlike Halloween, however, Biden didn't nibble immoderate babies. 

Instead helium was caught sneaking immoderate meal rolls arsenic helium served the subject families their Thanksgiving dinner. 

He besides posed for immoderate selfies.  

English personage cook Robert Irvine designed and cooked the menu, which includes the president's favourite dessert of crystal cream. 

After his ceremonial remarks, Biden greeted the assemblage again with a 'hello, hello, hello.' 

He past cracked a gag astir his firing - earlier explaining the existent crushed helium had to go. 

'They acceptable a clip for however agelong we're going to beryllium somewhere. And past what they bash is they adjacent each the roads, the Secret Service does,' the president explained.  

'And if you privation to suffer each enactment for your Coast Guard and nary 1 volition ever ballot for maine again, I amended get the hellhole retired of here,' the lame duck president added. 

Biden could technically tally for bureau again - but that's highly improbable since property concerns are what pushed him out.