DECRYPTION – Instead of reassuring about his age, the president appeared incoherent and inaudible. In his camp, the idea of replacing him for the next presidential election was raised, but the solution seems unrealistic.
In Washington
The debate had barely started ten minutes before the Democrats panicked. And the panic only increased as Joe Biden appeared incoherent, inaudible and clearly diminished in the face of a pumped-up Donald Trump. With rare unanimity, they all described his performance as « disaster, catastrophe, debacle »… « It was very disappointing »summarized Kate Bedingfield, the president’s former communications director. « Biden is cooked »said Jay Surdukowski, a New Hampshire activist. « The Democrats committed collective suicide »added a political consultant.
Within an hour of the debate, the White House dispatched Vice President Kamala Harris to CNN to try to calm things down. But she herself acknowledged that the « start had been difficult »before adding « I’m not going to talk to you all night about the last 90 minutes when I attended the 3.5 years of his assessment »whose praises she sang.
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