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Donald Trump has portrayed Joe Biden as a sleepy old man who “barely knows he’s alive.”
Now his staff fear the president has fallen into his own trap.
And that senile seizures will strike back at the debate.
On Tuesday night, Trump and Democratic candidate Joe Biden square off in the first of the Cleveland, Ohio presidential debates. The initial debate in front of a large television audience is always considered important in the US presidential elections, and perhaps more so this year, when much of a normal electoral movement has more or less been suspended due to the pandemic.
While the president circled and held his regular big gatherings in front of jubilant supporters, Joe Biden, 77, has chosen a much more low-key profile with campaign events via video and a low number of viewers once he’s been in. out of home.
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Trump has taken advantage of this by constantly referring to Biden as “Sleepy Joe” and portraying him as a half-senile old man sitting in his basement and “barely knowing he’s alive.”
In an interview with Fox News, he raised the idea that Biden might have been taking performance-enhancing pills during the last primary debate against Bernie Sanders this spring.
– I think there are probably drugs involved. That’s what I heard, possibly it’s drugs. “I don’t understand how you can go from being so bad that you can’t finish a sentence …” Trump said in an interview with Fox News.
In another interview, Trump said earlier this fall that Republicans will require a drug test from Biden before the debate.
– His best bet was against Bernie. It wasn’t that it was Winston Churchill, it wasn’t, but it was a boring, ordinary debate. You know, nothing incredible happened. And we will require a drug test because it is not possible, you cannot do that, Trump told the Washington Examiner.
– I don’t understand how he could have been so incompetent in his appearances and then suddenly be okay with Bernie. My point is, if you go back and watch some of all these debates, it was so bad. He didn’t speak coherently and then he did it against Bernie.
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But now Trump’s staff is doing their best to present Joe Biden as a seasoned and polished debater to, contrary to the boss, build expectations of him before the important debate, writes Politico.
There is fear among Republicans that Donald Trump has closed his own trap, the site writes. By so constantly attacking the opponent’s age and mental capacity, he has lowered Biden’s expectations so much that the slightest stable effort in the debate will be seen as a huge win for him.
– Biden has clearly shown that it is fully functional. The bar has been set low and expectations are so low that all you need to do is exceed those expectations, Republican strategist Ed Rollins tells Politico.
Former Trump press secretary Sean Spicer also speaks up and says the painted image that Biden cannot debate is “ridiculous” and says his former boss makes it more difficult for him. However, he does not believe that any of the candidates’ debate efforts will significantly affect the outcome of the elections.
Will take advantage of chaos
Trump’s advisers believe that Biden will take advantage of the chaotic political situation in the United States with a difficult economy, the crown pandemic, social unrest and the battle for the vacant seat on the Supreme Court to try to convince viewers of that Trump has created problems that he is unable to solve.
They don’t think that Biden, who is known to get lost sometimes during speeches and isn’t always completely disciplined with what he says, will be strong during debates. But they fear that a couple of hard blows and a few memorable attacks will be enough to exceed expectations.
“The risk of persistent attacks on Biden’s cognitive abilities is that Trump has created a situation where he has nothing to apologize for if Biden takes a few hits and Trump has a hard time getting along,” says a Republican related to staff. campaign campaign.
But there are also those who believe that Biden’s stable performances since he was elected Democratic presidential candidate are because the media so enthusiastically want him to win the election and do everything possible to win the game.
Especially an event on CNN where Biden answered voter questions has created anger.
“In principle, each question was an invitation for him to attack President Trump, while moderator Anderson Cooper did not object but allowed him complete freedom from his lies and inaccuracies,” Trump staff said afterward.
The first of the three debates will air from Cleveland in the evening between Tuesday and Wednesday, Swedish time. The interviewer is Chris Wallace of Fox News.
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