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Joe Biden and Donald Trump during the debate on CNN on June 27, 2024.
UNITED STATES – Kindergarten level bickering. The two American presidential candidates Joe Biden and Donald Trump faced each other this Thursday, June 27 on CNN in their first debate just over four months before the election. They accused each other of being “the worst president in the history of the United States”.
Former White House tenant Donald Trump, used to attacking Joe Biden on his abilities as president, has repeatedly repeated that his opponent was a bad head of state. Then, it was the turn to get started. And while the subject was about children and health insurance, the Republican added another layer: “He said I was the worst president because I said that about him before. »
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A few seconds later, it was the Democrat’s turn to speak. And he added: “The idea that we’re talking about the worst president: I wasn’t kidding, look online. 159 or 158, I can’t remember the exact number, presidential historians have made a ranking of the best and worst presidents. They said that (Trump) was the worst. That’s a fact.”
From the TV set to the green
From a factual point of view, as recalled by the American news agency Associated Press, 154 historians participated in the project launched by the “presidential greatness project”. And indeed, Donald Trump, president between 2016 and 2020, was ranked 45th president out of 45.
But this exchange, which looked more like a playground argument, is not the only inglorious moment in this debate. A little later when the billionaire was questioned about his age – 78 years old – he defended his intellectual and especially physical abilities by ensuring that he had passed very well the cognitive tests submitted to him.
And bragged about his good golf performances: “I have just won two championships, and not even in the senior category. For that, you have to be quite intelligent, and you have to throw the ball very far, 50 meters! » Joe Biden also highlighted his excellent level of golf – which made Donald Trump burst out laughing – and offered his rival to play with him… if he “carried the bags”.
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“Let’s not behave like children”Donald Trump tried to conclude while the moderators tried as best they could to return to more serious subjects. And Joe Biden replied: “You are a child. » End of debate.
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