President Joe Biden delivered an uneven performance at Thursday’s debate, while his Republican rival Donald Trump rattled off a series of attacks that included numerous falsehoods, as the two oldest presidential candidates ever clashed on stage ahead of November’s U.S. election.
The two men traded barbs on abortion, immigration, the war in Ukraine and their handling of the economy as they each sought to shake up what opinion polls show has been a virtually tied race for months. CNN senior political commentator David Axelrod said Biden beat Trump on substance, but conceded: “There are going to be discussions about whether he [Biden] should continue.”
CNN analyst Abby Phillip has said.
“The panic that I am hearing from Democrats is not like anything I have heard,” Phillip said.
“There was a deep frustration about Trump’s lies.”
