Thursday night, President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump faced off in the first cross-party debate of the 2024 presidential election season.This was the first time Biden and Trump took the debate stage this election cycle. The Democratic Party did not hold primary debates, and Trump declined to participate in the Republican primary debates.Outlets across the spectrum focused heavily on Biden's performance, which was widely determined to be weak.
But from the onset of the debate, the 81-year-old struggled seemingly even to talk, mostly summoning a weak, raspy voice. In the opening minutes, the president repeatedly tripped over his words, misspoke and lost his train of thought.
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