Expected to entail much fireworks and exchange of exquisite knowledge of governance, statecraft and foreign policy, the much anticipated debate between incumbent President Joe Biden and his rival, former President Donald Trump did not live up to the billing as it turned out to be a lacklustre and tepid geriartic display.
If the debate would be a sole determinant of the election however, then it was as good as won barely twelve minutes into the debate as President Biden, who walked into the debating hall looking fragile and forlorn froze midway into his response to a question clearly indicating that he had had a mental ceisure.
The debate was anchored by Jake Tapper and Dana Bash, both of the CNN. It is the first debate, preparatory to the US presidential election scheduled for November 2924.
Biden stuttered and coughed intermittently and was barely audible as he blinked and closed his eyes, trying most times to remember his facts.
Things improved, however, at the eighteenth minute as President Biden showed a flicker of his old self while discussing border patrol.
Clearly, Biden has lost his mojo. He was forlorn, frequently forgot his facts, and blanks out repeatedly.
Trump was however, brazen and outlandish about claims about his record of service as President which prompted Biden to state repeatedly that “this guy lies” or “I have never heard anyone tell more lies in my life.”
Trump avoided providing answers to most questions that either exposed his criminality or his stance on controversial issues like the invasion of the Congress or the two state solution between Israel and Palestine.
A viewer who spoke to Nigerian Anchor on his opinion about the debate roundly condemned the two candidates as grossly unfit to occupy the coveted office of President of the United States of America. The responder states that while President Biden appeared quite infirm and weak to still function as President, Mr. Trump was unapologetically narcissistic and still in denial of all his crimes even after his conviction by the US judicial system.
Chris Wallace, top show host and former presidential debate anchor, described Joe Biden’s second term candidacy as “an accident happening in slow motion,” which the Democrats failed to do anything to mitigate.
