Although he was somewhat ok last night he stumbled a bit and he was reading straight from the teleprompter. He did read stage instructions:
Mr Biden read "ask the military to come forward", a direction, and not a part of his speech, after announcing that he would award Jens Stoltenberg, the Secretary-General of Nato, the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
The president’s eyes were locked to the teleprompter as he addressed Mr Stoltenberg, who appeared on stage as Mr Biden introduced America’s highest civilian honour.
https://www.gbnews.com/politics/us/joe- ... ato-speech