Video comparing Biden’s botched joke to Coast Guard cadets to Reagan’s solid delivery goes viral

A video went viral on Wednesday comparing Joe Biden and Ronald Reagan making the same joke to Coast Guard cadets over 30 years apart.

Biden gave his first commencement address as the nation’s commander in chief to the U.S. Coast Guard Academy’s 2021 graduating class.

However, a moment that raised eyebrows was his chiding of the cadets for not laughing at his fumbled joke.

“I can only assume that you’ll enjoy educating your family about how the Coast Guard is quote ‘The hard nucleus around the Navy forms in times of war,’” Biden said to a quiet crowd. He added, “You’re a really dull class. Come on, man. Is the sun getting to you?”

Reagan made the same joke as president back in 1988 to the Coast Guard cadets.

“My Coast Guard aides have been excellent. One of them taught me that, and I quote, ‘The Coast Guard is that hard nucleus about which the Navy forms in time of war,” Reagan told the cadets, which responded with cheers.