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In the First Presidential Debate, Biden Floundered, While Trump (Let’s Just Say It) Performed With Confidence and Angry Flair
In the first 2024 presidential debate, Joe Biden floundered, while Donald Trump performed with confidence and angry flair.
It was Biden shorthand for “We finally beat the issue,” but it played as a gaffe, and it allowed Trump to answer him by presenting himself a s the great defender of Social Security. No matter how vividly this idea is conveyed, too many Americans fail to grasp its upshot: that Donald Trump is Entertainment, and that he has used politics to perfect his role as a showbiz paragon. But one reason for that should not be understated: Donald Trump, hewing to a mostly middle-of-the-script, dodging questions like an ace lawyer about whether he’d accept the election results, tonight did the job of making himself seem more viable than reckless.
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