“Alley Cats” .. 10 comic scenes in the historic Biden-Trump debate

The historic debate between US presidential candidates Joe Biden and Donald Trump was marred by many scenes of chaos, sparked by comic exchanges, especially when Biden stumbled repeatedly, and Trump seized the opportunity and said: “I don’t know what he just said.” But on the other hand, the former president also failed to deliver strong blows, and then the discussion descended on the ability to play golf. Below are the 10 most prominent mistakes that occurred in the first debate.

1- “Defeating Medicare”

Biden’s worst moment came in his rambling response to the national debt, in which he repeatedly stumbled over his words before coming to a complete halt. He twice confused millions with billions, and a 24 percent and 25 percent tax rate before losing his train of thought and looking despairingly at his notes. He finally said, “We beat Medicare,” before the CNN anchor interjected, “Thank you, President Biden.”

But Trump did not miss the opportunity and took advantage of his opponent’s stumble, saying: “He defeated Medicare. He defeated it to death.”

2- “The Ethics of an Alley Cat”

It was no surprise that Biden brought up Trump’s criminal conviction, according to the Daily Mail , but it was striking how difficult it was to articulate. “The only person at this point is a convicted felon like the guy I’m looking at right now,” he said. Trump responded by pointing out that Biden’s son Hunter had been convicted of three felony counts related to a 2018 gun purchase. “We’re going to make this country work again, because it’s a failed state right now,” Trump said. “My revenge will be success. But when you talk about a convicted felon, his son is a convicted felon. At a very high level. His son is a convicted felon.”

Biden then raised the issue of Trump’s alleged affair with the porn star while his wife, Melania Trump, was pregnant with his son, Barron, and then told him, “You have the manners of an alley cat.” Trump responded: “Firstly, I did not have sex with a porn star… and secondly, this was an issue that was started and reported. They transferred a high-ranking Justice Department official to the Manhattan District Attorney’s office to start that case and that case would be appealed, and we had an absolutely terrible judge.

3- The child

During a 90-minute debate that covered everything from immigration to the economy, the two candidates somehow began bickering about their ability to play golf. When Trump (78 years old) and Biden (81 years old) were asked about their concerns about their ages, Trump bragged about winning two golf tournaments recently, and said that this achievement requires the player to be very smart and able to hit the ball a long distance. Biden commented that he would happily compete with Trump in a leadership contest.

Biden then said, “I’m happy to play golf with you if you carry your own bag. Do you think you can do it?” Trump responded by saying that Biden can’t hit a ball 50 yards. The two then began to argue, with Trump eventually saying, “Let’s not act like children,” to which Biden replied, “You’re a child.” After the debate, Trump went on to post a video of himself hitting a long putt on golf.

4- Night of Stumbling

On a night when President Biden repeatedly stumbled over his words, Trump dealt a bitter blow by calling a debate about them. Another serious blunder came when he talked about the number of billionaires in America and the situation at the border. Trump was able to forcefully rebuke the 81-year-old for the repeated errors. “I really don’t know what he said at the end of that sentence,” he said at one point. “I don’t think he knows what he said, either.”

5 – Stupid people and losers

The two political rivals clashed again when discussing the US Army file. Biden strongly attacked Trump for allegedly describing military personnel as “losers and idiots.” Biden said: “My son was not a loser, and he was not a fool. You are the fool, you are the loser.” Trump responded: They made it up. We had 19 people testify that I didn’t say that. Then he demanded an apology from Biden, saying: “He invented idiots and losers, so he should apologize now.” But Biden responded, saying: “The point is, I should apologize to you for anything.” Trump said: “We believe that the Democrats are the extremists, not the Republicans.”

6- Not shaking hands

President Biden and Trump did not shake hands when they entered the room for the first presidential debate in four years. It was the first time they had been in the same room since that debate, when Biden arrived first, then Trump, and they simply stood at their podiums and began. The two men did not shake hands in the last debate either, but that was due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Sources say Biden had been battling a cold in the days leading up to last night’s debate — but tested negative for Covid. The debate opened with Biden being asked, “What do you say to voters who feel worse off under your presidency than they did under President Trump?” His voice cracking, he responded by describing the U.S. economy as “in free fall.”

7 – “Biden’s Crime Against Immigrants”

Donald Trump said that Biden failed to secure the southern border of the United States, which led to an influx of many criminals. He added: “I call it Biden’s crime against immigrants.” But Biden responded, saying: “Once again, he is exaggerating and lying.” “He is the one who killed people with bad borders and drowned hundreds of thousands of people in death and killed our citizens as well,” Trump said, referring to Biden. The mass influx of migrants coming to the United States illegally across the southern border has led to a number of allegations by Trump. For example, it is regularly alleged that other countries are emptying their prisons and mental institutions to send them to the United States, although there is no evidence to support this.

Trump has also claimed that the influx of immigrants is causing crime in the United States to rise, even though statistics actually show that violent crime is on the decline. There is no evidence that crime by immigrants is rising, either along the U.S.-Mexico border or in cities with the largest influx of immigrants, such as New York.

8 – “Who is the extremist?”

Biden blamed Trump for the erosion of abortion rights after the three Republican Supreme Court nominees voted to overturn Roe v. Wade, which recognized the constitutional right to abortion. This decline led to a rise in the number of voters who support abortion rights and helped support Democratic victories in the 2022 midterm elections and special elections. Addressing his rival, Biden said: “What you did was a terrible thing… and he pledged to restore the law under the Roe decision if it happened.” for a second term, but he did not say how he would achieve this.

He said the idea of ​​returning abortion laws to the states is like saying we will return civil rights to the states. Trump responded that his presidency brought the abortion issue back to the people through state laws. He said he supports exceptions to the abortion ban for rape, incest and the life of the mother, and repeated his accusation that Biden supports abortion up to and after birth. “We think the Democrats are the extremists, not the Republicans,” Trump said.

Trump said Democrats support abortion up to birth, and that everyone wants to overturn Roe v. Wade. But fewer than 1 percent of abortions in the United States are performed at or after the 21st week, and Roe has remained popular for the half-century it has been in effect.

9- “Lighter and older”

After more than 80 minutes of discussion, Biden, 81, and Trump, 78, were asked about their age and ability to serve into their 80s. Biden highlighted a series of political achievements and said that Trump is “three years younger and much less competent.” Biden also used the answer to rebuke Trump for speaking poorly about the United States. He said: “The idea that we are some kind of failed state? “I have never heard a president speak this way before.”

In his response, Trump said that he is in good shape as he was 25 years ago and perhaps a little lighter, and added that he excelled “on cognitive ability tests and called on Biden to take a test.” Although the two men are not far apart in age, more voters They worry that Biden is too old.

According to Gallup data collected in June, about 6 in 10 U.S. adults say they are very concerned that Biden is too old to be president. Just 18% had the same level of concern about Trump.

10- “The Man I Look At”

Trump tried to answer convincingly about his supporters’ attack on the Capitol building, and when asked about his role, he said that he encouraged people to act “peacefully and patriotically,” then he launched an attack on former Speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi, saying: She is responsible for that, according to her own admission. He explained that he offered her the assistance of more National Guards in anticipation of any possible violence. He said that Biden should be ashamed of the way the defendants were treated on January 6.

“The only person on this stage who has been convicted of a crime is the man I’m looking at right now,” Biden said of his rival.