Donald Trump’s team has apparently begun to debate the debates against Joe Biden after confirming this week that the president would attend the planned event, as one of his advisers suggested that the former vice president be a tough opponent could be to fight.
Stephen Miller, an adviser to Mr Trump who has studied Mr Biden’s debate performance over the years, said he was “actually a very good debater” who “doesn’t have many gaffs” as he does in his daily interviews “, according to the Washington Post.
The president’s adviser spoke on-the-record for a report that looked at how the Trump campaign was preparing for what is likely to be an unusual and unusual series of debates, at a time when the coronavirus pandemic has run its course. the White House a very different game.
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Mr. Miller told the newspaper that he would be “very surprised if Joe Biden actually went through all three debates” – despite the former vice president and presumptive Democratic nominee committing himself to the events before the Trump campaign did so in a letter on Thursday.
He added: “I think their strategy will be to show up to someone, show that he is capable of functioning and then pull the plug on any additional debates.”
The president and his allies have blamed Mr Biden for ‘hiding in the basement’ during the pandemic, claiming that the former vice president refused to hold campaign events as part of an alleged strategy to prevent public gaffs or controversy.
In fact, Mr Biden has held several rounds of press conferences, delivered public speeches, launched a podcast and sat for a variety of media interviews since the pandemic began. However, he announced this week that he would not travel to Milwaukee to receive the Democratic nomination for president, instead taking part in a scaled-down virtual Democratic National Convention.
Mr. Miller also said of the former vice president’s debate performance: “I would argue that Joe Biden himself would be the favorite in the debates, since he has been doing them for 47 years.”
The Biden campaign has meanwhile continued to focus on its prep debate, according to the Peal, with one person involved in the campaign stating, “The first rule of prep debate is that no one talks about prep debate.”
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