The Boston Globe he gave him af”. So a very bad rating for Joe Biden after the first debate of the campaign for the White House against Donald Trump.
“No one who supports Biden could have imagined that it would go this badly. There was a shrill voice, whispering, clattering,” the newspapers comment. “If some undecided people were watching, they knew within the first ten minutes that Biden looked older than his years and that it was difficult for him to keep up with the lies that Trump was spewing,” to add Boston Globe, much more generous with Trump, who received a “B”.
“His mission in this debate was to come off as strong and energetic without coming off as an idiot or America’s first dictator. He achieved that,” analyze the daily newspapers, which note that the 45e The American president did not attack the moderators or interrupt his opponent.
Perhaps because the rules of the debate, set by the broadcaster, CNN, included cutting off the microphones of anyone who did not speak in a studio without an audience.
“We’re fucked”, “We’re fucked”, he confided CNN a democrat mobilized in the campaign. “Biden looks terrible. It sounds terrible. He is inconsistent,” another complained. The president also lost his train of thought during his response at the beginning of the debate. “I don’t know what he was thinking, but I don’t think he does either,” said Donald Trump.
One of the columnists Fox News found that “Trump was able to emphasize Biden’s shrewdness. He didn’t do that. He was elegant throughout the debate.”
Journalist from New York Times, used to accompanying the Democrat at meetings, emphasizes that Biden’s performance was “worse than usual”. The possible excess of preparations is one of the mentioned explanations. The White House also suggested the president was suffering from a cold.
Next discussion on September 10
The two men, who did not shake hands when they arrived on set, were questioned about the economy, abortion, immigration, Ukraine, Israel and even the environment.
Trump regularly lied, exaggerated or distorted reality, using, as usual, a formula “the most… in the whole history”, or calling Democrats “radicals” on the topic of abortion, accusing them of wanting to perform abortions until the ninth month of pregnancy.
Most of the facts checked by the media after the live debate were about him. He was also evasive questions about his role in the events of January 6, 2021 or his reaction in the event of defeat next November, REMARK NBC news.
The exchanges were not always kind. “You’re a crybaby,” Biden said. “We have been living in hell for three and a half years” declared Trump, who attacked Hunter Biden, the president’s son, who was recently convicted. “Let’s not be children”, Trump begged. “You are a child,” Biden retorted. They also argued about their golfing skills.
in Washington Post, reporter decried the poor quality of the debate, particularly when Joe Biden reminded Donald Trump that he “convicted criminal” in the Stormy Daniels affair.
“Can we talk about the state of American politics? The presidential candidate is indeed a convicted felon and that’s exactly what was said ‘I didn’t sleep with a porn star’ in a prime-time presidential debate”the journalist wrote.
The next hearing is scheduled for September 10.