Biden’s Disastrous Debate Accelerates Doubts Over Candidacy
- President’s performance fanned voter concerns about age
- Trump brings energy, falsehoods but puts Biden on defensive
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President Joe Biden bet that a debate with Republican Donald Trump would boost his moribund reelection campaign. His gamble failed.
A weary president looked every day of his 81 years. Instead of proving to voters that he had the stamina for another four year term, everything that could go wrong did.