Biden team hoping for a Trump meltdown in first televised debate

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Source: UK Independent

4 hours ago


The Biden campaign is hoping for a Donald Trump meltdown in the first televised debate between the two candidates ahead of the November election. President Joe Biden will take part in his first 2024 debate with the former president, now a convicted felon, on June 27, which will be aired on CNN. A second faceoff is set for September 10, hosted by ABC.

Trump refused to take part in any of the GOP primary debates, writing on Truth Social: “The public knows who I am & what a successful Presidency I had. I will therefore not be doing the debates.” But Team Biden hopes that the former president’s time on stage will remind the public what Trump’s White House years really looked like.

“The ‘out of sight, out of mind’ concept of President Trump is real. I think people forget the way he interacts, the way he communicates, the inaccuracies of the things he says and promises to the American people,” Democratic strategist Amanda Loveday, an adviser to the pro-Biden political action committee Unite the Country, told NBC.

“A debate like this deletes distraction and allows for people to see them next to each other and answer questions back to back and be able to compare them.”

Read more: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-biden-debate-cnn-2024-election-b2560556.html

[wryter2000]

1. I can't believe Trump will show up

I hope he does. I want to see the moderator turn off his mic.

[azureblue]

13. and if he does,

he will be high as a kite on Adderall. All Biden will have to do is to needle Trump, and he will go off the rails.. Trump thinks he can repeat what he did for 2016 debates, but it won't work for a number of reasons, the least being Trump is burned out on the stuff..

[Volaris]

19. Youre right that for this to work, biden has to go after him and mean it...

Right out the gate, I want Bidens handshake greeting to be

'howya holding up, convict?...Hunter feels your pain. So do I. Difference is, I don't much care.

[Torchlight]

2. Hoping for it? Hell, I'm expecting it!

From my chair, the only question is how far into the debate can he act semi-human without breaking down into hysterical tantrums and shrill rage-quits.

[Traurigkeit]

3. They'll need a tranq air-rifle on hand. Just in case.

[Rebl2]

15. Maybe a minute

at the most.

[Lonestarblue]

4. Trump will get angry if his mike is cut off when he's talking over Biden and will try to get in Biden's face.

I hope Biden’s Secret Service detail is close to him.

[MOMFUDSKI]

5. Clown will back out.

His close people know the truth

[Aristus]

6. What good would that do?

It's not like that would persuade the rednecks out in East Cornpone to vote against him, or to stay home on Election Day. One has to have a mind before it can be changed.

[hibbing]

7. His lies will be minimized, one gaffe by President will be amplified x 10000 n/t

[mucifer]

12. Yup not minimized IGNORED

[Aviation Pro]

8. What I anticipate is that Motherfucker will try something physical

And be summarily thrown to the floor by both President Biden's detail and his own and dragged off the stage.

[DoBW]

9. Turd's gonna call in sick

He can't control it, he don't want it

[jgmiller]

10. As someone else said any Biden gaffe will be magnified by the media BUT

if Biden tries to bait him he will go after Biden and/or his family directly which will piss off Biden and honestly that's what needs to happen. Biden is at his best when he's angry, he doesn't like to show anger but it focuses him just like at the state of the union.

[Owens]

11. After Vegas, Trump is not going to debate

Hannity is already trying to encourage Trump not to debate

[Harker]

14. Maybe Trumpsky can explain more about electric vehicles and his fear of sharks. n/t

[Mark.b2]

16. I'm not convinced he will even show up...

I fully expect he’ll come up with some sorry excuse.

Biden should challenge him to even more debates.

[twodogsbarking]

17. Trump declines then says Biden backed out. Sounds absurd, eh.

[LisaL]

22. I predict that Trump will make stupid demands on Biden.

Such as a drug test, etc. When Bident refuses his stupid demands (as he should), Trump will use it as an excuse to drop out.

[Talitha]

18. He'll have an excuse to back out if Melania has a fatal fall down a flight of stairs.

[KS Toronado]

20. " people to see them..... answer questions back to back "

That kinda implies a moderator will be asking the questions, thought was going to be a debate where only TSF
& Biden got to ask the questions? Time we find out who can think on his feet and keep a civil composure .

[Demobrat]

21. Can't imagine he'll show.

[LisaL]

23. Well, if he does, it should be a great show.

Sharks and electric batteries, oh my!

[Lasher]

24. Locking.

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