Trump brags about debate performance while New York Times calls for Biden to drop out: Live
Biden and Trump squared-off at a CNN-moderated debate this week
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President Joe Biden is facing mounting criticisms and calls for him to step out of the 2024 presidential race after his poor performance in the debate against Donald Trump – this time with the New York Times editorial board calling for him to drop out
“The clearest path for Democrats to defeat a candidate defined by his lies is to deal truthfully with the American public: acknowledge that Mr. Biden can’t continue his race, and create a process to select someone more capable to stand in his place to defeat Mr. Trump in November,” the editorial board wrote on Friday.
It arrives after the president gave a fiery speech at a campaign rally in North Carolina where he acknowledged his age and limitations but said the stakes were too high and promised he could do the job
Meanwhile, Trump is capitalizing on the opportunity to flaunt his better-perceived performance during the debate by bragging on Truth Social. The former president claimed reporters praised him for having the “greatest debate performance”
Trump repeated lies and falsehoods throughout, often failing to answer questions. He declined to directly answer if he would accept November’s results.
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ICYMI: Trump bulldozes Biden with lies while stumbling president fails to keep up
It took less than 10 minutes for President Joe Biden to nearly completely freeze for four seconds before mistakenly blurting out that he “beat Medicare.”
The president has spent the last several years underscoring Donald Trump’s antidemocratic threat and the nation’s slide into autocracy under his administration.
But within minutes into their debate rematch ahead of the 2024 presidential election on Thursday, it appeared that the only thing standing in the way of that dark vision of America’s future was a frail 81-year-old man who couldn’t respond to a 90-minute stream of lies.
Alex Woodward reports.
Trump bulldozes Biden with lies while stumbling president fails to keep up
A hoarse and disconnected Biden can’t keep up with non-stop lies from Donald Trump
Biden makes pit stop at Waffle House in Atlanta after first presidential debate
Joe Biden and his wife Jill stopped at a Waffle House in the Atlanta area early on Friday morning (28 June) and told customers “I think we did well” in the presidential debate. The unexpected visit came shortly after the president’s heated clash with rival Donald Trump on CNN. Walking into the restaurant, the pair were warmly received by diners and staff, with many taking the opportunity to snap photos and share a few words with the president and first lady. During Thursday night’s debate, Biden sounded hoarse and delivered a shaky, halting performance while his Republican rival Trump battered him with a series of often false attacks.
On Thursday night as America watched, two elderly men squabbled over gold handicaps
The first US presidential debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump on Thursday took an unexpected turn after they got into an argument over golf when asked about their ability to serve as president well into their 80s.
Mr Biden’s performance was marked by rambling answers, while Mr Trump spent the debate spreading misinformation and failing to answer questions.
And then, as Alisha Rahaman Sarkar reports, golf came up...
Trump-Biden US presidential debate devolves into squabble over golf handicaps
Bryson DeChambeau offers to settle the argument by hosting a match between the White House contenders
Gloomy Joe Scarborough laments Trump will be next president
Joe Scarborough declared that Donald Trump will be the next US president “unless there’s a change,” hinting that it was time for Joe Biden to step aside.
The 81-year-old president hoped to silence critics who’ve questioned his age and mental fitness during Thursday evening’s first televised debate of the 2024 election on CNN.
But instead, Biden sometimes appeared to struggle stringing together a coherent sentence, would lose his train of thought and, at points, freeze up completely.
James Liddell has the story.
Joe Scarborough laments Trump will be next president ‘unless things change’
Morning Joe host admits Biden ‘did not rise to the occasion’ and considers whether he should step down
How many people watched the debate?
CNN said on Friday that the debate drew the highest audience on its network but the number of people watching dropped more than 30 percent from 2020.
Gustaf Kilander reports:
51 million viewers tune in for Biden’s debate debacle against Trump
Number of people tuning in dropped more than 30 percent from 2020’s opening presidential debate
Key takeaways from the first Biden-Trump debate
It was a night of misinformation, abortion, and Democratic panic, as Katie Hawkinson reports.
Misinformation and Democratic ‘panic’: Key takeaways from the Biden-Trump debate
Democrats are now in a ‘deep panic’ following Biden’s weak performance
Biden freezes mid-answer during presidential election debate
Joe Biden appeared to freeze and stumble over his words during the first presidential debate on Thursday night (27 June). At times, the US president struggled to stem a barrage of attacks and false claims from his Republican rival Donald Trump. The Biden campaign had hoped that a strong debate would quell concerns among voters that the 81-year-old Democratic incumbent is too old to serve a second four-year term. Instead, a hoarse-sounding Biden stumbled over his words, especially in the early stages of the debate. Two White House officials said mid-debate that the president had a cold, but that only further reflected anxiety about his performance.
‘Panic mode’ as Democrats begin calling for Biden to step aside
Ahead of the first presidential debate in Atlanta, Democrats had one piece of advice for President Joe Biden: Be yourself.
Former House speaker Nancy Pelosi said it. Representative Lisa Blunt Rochester, who is running for Senate in Biden’s home state of Delaware said it. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez told The Independent that people should ask what former president Donald Trump needed to do to have “half a chance” at sounding “barely cogent.”
But Democrats began to sound the alarm after Biden’s performance in Atlanta on Thursday evening.
Eric Garcia reports.
Panicked Democrats call for Biden to step aside after ‘horrible’ debate against Trump
‘Need to have Harris take over. Cleanest option,’ one Democrat strategist told The Independent
US allies fear a new Trump presidency may be one step closer
Joe Biden’s rocky performance against Donald Trump at the first televised presidential debate of the 2024 US election cycle has left some of America’s foreign allies bracing for a belated second Trump presidency.
Joe Sommerlad reports.
US allies fear new Trump presidency after Biden ‘implodes’ at debate
‘If you weren’t preparing for a Trump 2.0 then that is the smart play and the smart move now’
How late-night TV hosts reacted to Trump vs Biden debate
Joe Biden and Donald Trump went head to head on Thursday night (27 June) in the first presidential debate of 2024. Live on CNN, the two oldest presidential candidates ever exchanged personal insults ahead of the November election, while also clashing on major issues like abortion and tax policy. Biden delivered a shaky, halting performance while his Republican rival battered him with a series of often false attacks. Unsurprisingly, there has been a massive fallout from the debate, both on social media and on television. Here, The Independent takes a look at how late-night TV hosts reacted to Biden vs Trump.
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