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Biden excoriates Trump’s ‘morals of an alley cat’
Biden appeared as a mumbling debater that failed to land well-crafted lines while Trump, as a prolific purveyor of falsehoods, repeatedly sold lies and half-truths to potential voters by dodging tough questions.
With a muffled voice at one point, the octogenarian Democrat, in one gaffe, attacked Trump on his tax cuts and the national debt, confusingly ending his remarks with, “We finally beat Medicare.”
The businessman-turned-politician pounced on the blunder and said, “He did beat Medicare. He beat it to death, and he’s destroying Medicare.”
Trump also kept prattling on how the US had failed, how Biden was rated as worst head of state in the country’s history and how the US was dismally viewed on the world stage.
“Joe, our country is being destroyed. As you and I sit up here and waste a lot of time on this debate. This shouldn’t be a debate. He is the worst president, he just said about me because I said it. But look, he’s the worst president in the history of our country. He’s destroyed our country,” the 78-year-old said.
Biden disagreed and offered a sanguine view of the US on the international arena, claiming that, “We’re the most admired country in the world... No one thinks we’re weak. No one wants to screw around with us, nobody.”
Halfway through the 90-minute slugfest, Biden touched on Trump’s convictions and varied court cases but in a laconic fashion, spawning a missed opportunity for Biden to hammer on one of his rival’s key liabilities.
Biden hit at Trump for having an affair with an adult film actress while his wife was pregnant, referring to Stormy Daniels and the hush-money trial that concluded in 34 felonies for the former president.
“You have the morals of an alley cat,” Biden quipped at Trump, who categorically denied the extramarital relationship.
Trump boasted about ending the war between Russia and Ukraine before he even took office. He claimed that a universal 10 percent tariff on imports would not raise prices for American consumers, an assertion economic experts overwhelmingly disagree with.
By and large, registered voters who watched CNN’s presidential debate largely think Trump outperformed Biden, with most saying they have no real confidence in Biden’s ability to lead the country.
Biden’s garbled performance has sparked fears among his own party, as his voice was raspy and he found himself at a loss for words, with Democratic operatives and pundits indicating that discussions were underway about “Biden bowing out before the election” following Thursday’s debate.