Key moments from the first Biden - Trump debate and the president's impasses
2024-06-28 09:16:58
TiranaPost
Joe Biden turned in a deadpan performance in a 90-minute showdown with Donald Trump in the first televised debate of the 2024 presidential election campaign.
Democrats expressed concern about the president's performance. Party members say his answers in the debate caused panic.
But Vice President Kamala Harris came to Biden's defense, saying "it was a slow start, but it had a strong finish."
Trump repeatedly attacked Biden on the economy and his foreign policy record, while Biden took aim at his rival's criminal record and alleged efforts to sabotage the 2020 election.
Biden called Trump a "scumbag" and said he had the "morals of a street cat."
Trump fired back and said at one point: "I really don't know what he said at the end of that sentence and I don't think he even finished it."
In short, it was not a strong night for President Biden.
