Biden's debate performance was disastrous: what next for the Democrats? | SpectatorTV
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- Joe Biden's performance in the first head-to-head debate with Donald Trump has sent Democrats into panic and exposed just how senile the President really is. Can the party find an alternative, and one that will beat Donald Trump in less than five months? The Spectator's political correspondent James Heale talks to Sarah Elliott, director of the Special Relationship Unit at the Legatum Institute.
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Is it all over for Joe Biden? If so, what should he do next?
He should do what everybody does, hanging up and enjoy your retirement. He's had a great career. But you have to know when it's time to leave.
@@EdG-rn7dk😂
Move into an old age home
Yes he's certainly a career POS.
Just carry on. He has a great future on the comedy circuit.
This was painful to watch!
I would like to know exactly who is in charge at the White House right now. It’s now painfully obvious who isn’t.
No-one knows. It's grey and murky figures who pull the strings of this brain-dead marionette.
That's the reason why this stupid proxy war with Russia has entered it's 3rd year. Biden makes NO decisions.
According to Politico, Obama has said: "Don't underestimate Joe's ability to f... things up."
If you watched Obama usher the elderly gentleman off the stage so he wouldn't f... things up anymore, you'd know who is in command.
Only if your an alt right teabagger like Elon. Biden did fine and answered all the questions unlike Trump.🤔
I suggest Valarie Jarrett, Susan Rice (telling us the Benghazi riots were caused by a video) and Obama are the three pulling the strings at the WH
Trump seemed embarassed to be debating with him.
That's the impression I got. He leveled a few insults then realized even Donald Trump shouldn't be doing this.
Like a mouse playing with its food, waiting for a FUN moment to put it out of its misery. Joe Biden IS the most intelligent and capable democrat! Period! The dems have moved beyond what can written off to stupidity. Evil is the only remaining possibility!
After the disastrous debate it is said that Biden had a meeting with his Cabinet. He also had a word with his bookcase and spoke to his desk.
@@fairplayer7435 lol
@@fairplayer7435 How dare you speak so poorly of the Prezophile!
After last night's debate the only question that I am left with is: Who exactly has been acting as President for the past 3 years?
One of Mr Schwab;s 'brain chips' Ii suspect...
@@Bryt25 Very good, unfortunately it will go over the head of most people. Probably close to the truth
OBama and DR Jill.
I am no fan of Biden, but I could not bring myself to watch that debate. At every level the situation is disastrous. The only question left is who will the Democrats nominate.
I’d go as far as saying this is a very very big issue that’s been bubbling away for a few years now.
It is a civilisational moment.
How can it be that this is the best America can do?
This isn’t how superpowers are supposed to behave. It all whiffs of decline.
The us voted for this guy? LOL
Biden's performance was disastrous? Did you watch Trump?
Biden seemed as rational, intelligent, and well spoken as any other democrat in recent years. I thought it was fine!
@@tenToesUp747 not really there are big differences along Democrats, Biden is far from the ideal candidate, but Trump is worse.
@@mikiafu keep telling yourself that!
Scart thought that ,biden has his finger on the nuclear button
How about the governor of California
Wear a suit, James.
I expected a train wreck, but this was a plane crash.
Yes, the train wreck was in East Palestine early last year. Not that Biden cared, having crushed the railway workers, and because the those who lived close to the wreck were typical Trump voters i.e. white and working class.
I despise Trump. This was a train wreck that also crashed a plane which then caused another train wreck.
The Hindenburg!
@@metimoteo good one! The Dem now singing " Don't cry for me" song
Only if your an alt right teabagger like Elon. Biden did fine and answered all the questions unlike Trump.🤔
My 91-year-old bed-bound mother is more competent and lucid than Joe Biden
Only if your an alt right teabagger like Elon. Biden did fine and answered all the questions unlike Trump.🤔
Yes my mother died 97 6 months ago, and she was so sharp,always refused to used a calculator.
I feel the same way. My great-grandmother lived to 99, and she was always sharp as a tack. Her body just failed.
I didn't get to watch the debate. Did Von Shitzenpentz need a diaper change? Or did
He go to sleep like he does in the courts?😂
@@KMF3 Hope your mom is overall fine though confined in bed.
The man belongs in a retirement home and not at the head of the greatest military power in the world. Scary.
He's not calling the shots. US foreign policy is controlled by unknown and faceless individuals in the background, which is also scary.
You don't really think he is running the US, do you?
you right.....no
Agree with the other comments (that US foreign policy is controlled by shadowy figures and that Biden doesn't run or decide anything). But it is also right and fitting that this pathetic and shuffling old wreck be at the helm of an empire in freefall decline.
Greatest military power?! The US lost to the taliban. I think you mixed up 'greatest' with 'the most lucrative'.
Trump played his hand perfectly. Let Joe dig his own hole.
I would urge anyone to check out the footage of Biden being helped off the stage at the end of the debate. That scene speaks volumes
The fiasco at the waffle House too. "Here you go there's twenty bucks" omg
If a person needs any more that the debate itself, we are lost!
@@cygnustsp haven’t seen that, right off to get a look at that. Thanks.
@@tenToesUp747 agreed 100%.
I didn't see that. My son changed channels towards the end. I will look for it.
Biden lost this “debate” in the first three seconds. Dead man walking.
It reminded me of what Richard Lewis would be like in a few more years. He got lucky and didn't have to end up like that.
Biden won this debate when Americans became so stupid as to need it.
🤦♀️ Such an embarrassment. Elder Abuse as well.
@@CaliWeHo karma has come back to haunt him for his past sins. He abused so many...
Only if your an alt right teabagger like Elon. Biden did fine and answered all the questions unlike Trump.🤔
I doubt a 2nd debate will happen at this point.
Would there be any point?
@@sirrathersplendid4825 Nope. None. The election is basically decided as of last night. Unless the democrats can convince dementia Joe to step aside and his replacement does the 2nd debate.
It won't
If there is, it won't be Trump / Biden.
HARRIS IS A FAILURE
@clarencespangle2599pajeeta
Cackling' Kamila get on board,
I watched the whole thing and couldn't believe how vicious, nasty, and hateful Biden was to Trump. Whereas with Trump I got the feeling he didn't hate Biden personally, just what he has done to the USA.
Dude turned into Kenneth Copeland there about his son.
I'm guessing his crew told him to try to get a rise out of Trump. But he failed miserably and came off like a weak bully that you dont even want to bother with.
You can tell he tried that tactic in 2020, and it worked pretty well.
Likewise, trump's crew prolly told him to just let Biden talk. Thats all he had to do really.
I did not get that impression
@@cygnustsp yeah he cares more about his son than the USA
@@kbenk108 absolutely
Trump has many, many flaws, but my god does he understand how television works. The way he cocked his head to the side (40 seconds into this video) when Biden started having trouble with his speech was the action of someone who knows what he's doing. People underestimate him at their peril.
He also withheld the identity of his VP pick, knowing that it would benefit him for this news cycle to be 100% about Biden's poor performance in the debate.
Trump is not a convicted sex offender like that lady said
Yes he is. That is how court works
I had to turn it off when a reporter lies like that and doesn't have her facts straight. Nothing she says can be considered truthful.
@@Turk_ It isn't. It was a defamation suit. I hate Trump as much as the next guy, but let's not twist facts in criticizing him
Not "convicted but a lawsuit. Understand the difference. Oh that the accuser is being discovered that she lied., but what about poor sweet. Ashleigh Biden???? Huh??? "@@Turk_
@@Turk_bs.
Can someone help ? I'm confused for 3 1/2 years CNN told me Biden was sharp as a tack. :) Comedy Gold I'm afraid.... (Golf argument did it for me!)
@@vinnym4480 exactly you were told any footage of him appearing confused or demented is deep fake and created by right wing trolls or is CNN secretly a right wing troll and faked the footage?
It's not about age, it's about senility.
And appreciating why BIden’s family and associates need him to be in power as POTUS to minimise the consequences to them of their financial corruption no longer being concealed from wider knowledge.
Never heard of a sitting President leaving for a week to get ready for a debate. Cognitive Test Time.
Agreed, but he failed his cognitive test last night. 'Good job, Joe! You answered all the questions!'
Do we really need a cognitive test? The issues are evident. This is a man in denial about his cognitive problems likely because he does not want to let his supporters down. It can’t be easy for him, or voters. I would not like to be American at this time. I would like western society to be able to extend the grace of respect to a person as they enter old age and frail stage of life.
My expectations for senile Joe were low but Holy F.......................k ! What a mess
i thought they would dose him with a prescription amphetamine, if they did, it didnt work
Try to be more respectful. He is an elderly man, who should be retired..simple as that.
@@imhere8380 nah sorry it needs to be called like that, this isn't just a problem for America it's a problem for the entire world, the guy has access to one of the largest Nuclear arsenals in the world and he can't even string a sentence together or make cogent, rational judgements, meanwhile the media are pretending like this is completely normal and there's nothing to be worried about, it's well known dementia patients can fly into uncontrollable rages and when you couple complete detachment from reality with uncontrollable rage and access to nukes it's a very bad combination, people should call him Dementia Joe or Senile Biden because hopefully it shames his family into actually doing something about it before something awful happens.
Only if your an alt right teabagger like Elon. Biden did fine and answered all the questions unlike Trump.🤔
I truly expected the uppers to be more impactful than they were, but eventually that stuff only works so well.
Trump is getting better at this
They thought "crazy" Trump was scary. Restrained Trump must be freaking them out!!!
@@tenToesUp747indeed!
@@tenToesUp747 Very well said. This is truly their worst nightmare version of Trump.
I love that Trump is clearly holding back his laughter. LOL
I'm not sure why everyone's so shocked. This is the Joe Biden we've consistently seen. And, I don't think Trump's ever been better at a debate.
Just a reminder that the Spectator endorsed Biden in a particularly cringe article in 2020. Biden was showing all the same signs of mental decline then too. Yet another embarrassment for this rag
It was obvious even then that Biden wasn’t up to it.
Yes. Everyone in the U.S. knew. Democrats just looked the other way and voted for JB because they hated Trump more.
agree
Didn’t know that.. thanks.
For a reason. Biden was installed to be the figurehead behind which whom shadowy figures could start new wars. The Spectator is invested in this outlook.
They really should cancel the election and let the 2 guys play golf to decide who wins
😂🤣😅👍
Trump cheats at golf 🫤
Good point !
Only if your an alt right teabagger like Elon. Biden did fine and answered all the questions unlike Trump.🤔
Great idea! 😅😂
The White House tells us "JOE is SHARP AS A TACK"???????????
Trump playing chess. Biden playing candy land
Trump playing chess? I'd be shocked.
Trump plays candly land and Biden forgot how to play Chess.
Either way, we're screwed.
@@vipersb1 Trump was def playing chess... Idk if you could say Biden was playing candy land though. I'd say Biden was playing something like TikTakToe or something much less complicated... We need Trump back in the office ASAP!
Can’t believe I’m saying this but Trump was very measured in this debate which is telling when you consider how he sparred with Hilary Clinton.
He could have mocked Biden but he left him to expose himself.
I think he felt pity like this is even too low for me
The fact this commentator is asking why heels up harris is being passed over clearly shows she has no idea what she's talking about, she's despised by the public and is there to tick boxes
Correct. Harris is a woman who quite literally got her start in politics by sleeping with her boss. You can look it up. Willie Brown in San Francisco.
Can they legally bypass the VP if the President isn't fit to serve?
Uh, Trump is not a convicted sex offender
Not even kinda.
I watched this on 1.25x speed and Biden STILL sounds slow.
He is an elderly gentleman, who should be retired.
mee too . 1.25 normal speed for me
Only if your an alt right teabagger like Elon. Biden did fine and answered all the questions unlike Trump.🤔
I thought he was going really fast making sure to beat the half life of the injection he needed to even participate. How about the mental acuity of buden supporters? What world are they from? Flat out denials of whats right before their own eyes. Amazing
This shouldn’t surprise anyone. It’s been obvious since day one.
Biden had an earpiece too! Cheater Cheater.
Biden also had his cheat sheet
And written notes he was looking down the whole time!
@@SurferRC sure was. And still fell on his face.
Biden must withdraw. So sad. A disaster. Biden must withdraw. It is over for Biden.
Kamala is not the one.
Kamala is number two
She'd be the one to put the final nail in the coffin
remember what FDR did to vp Wallace.
At this point, Josh Shapiro deserves a look.
@@berniebsac Of the blue party? Should be. This is what they decided to put forth. Infact, what they decided to attempt to shovel down people's throats the last 3 elections should have ended their party if everything wasn't so damn corrupt
Who can keep up with Trump going to event after event flying all over the country day after day.
I don't see the next debate happening.
It won't be with Biden, it will be with his replacement.
There will be no second debate. Joe made the challenge, set the rules, and then, both literally and figuratively, shit himself on stage. It was an embarrassment. Diminishing this failure will become the a new standard for stupidity in America. (replacing "can a man have a baby?")
I disagree. Trump will debate whoever replaces Biden; it will be necessary to show voters that the new person is much sharper than Biden and can at least hold his/her own in a debate with Trump.
Thing is who has been running the country for the last few years
Unelected Bureaucracy.
@@johnwickham9805 Obama
No his cabinet has been
Neocons at the CIA & State Dept.
What the hell is she talking about calling Trump a “convicted sex offender”?!! That’s poor.
It's a common but provably untrue charge (aka "lie") the communists have been tossing about lately.
These people voted and endorsed for this guy!
Humiliating for Biden. Whatever you think about his career, his family should remove him now. He should step down. How can anyone who cares about the dignity of this man, allow this? You would not do this to a relative you care about. Trump could have been incredibly nasty, thankfully he should a more compassionate side.
How did Jill Biden, who sees Joe every day, think it was a good idea for him to run again.
trump could see that the shambling corpse was just a pain filled puppet at this point only able to walk with an assistant and blabber out short talking points after days of training
It's an insult to the the US and whole world that they present him to us as POTUS.
I think even trump was shocked at how frail and incoherent Biden was and went easy on him. .
Yes I think I saw that on his face. Like it was way worse than he expected
Yes it was like Larry Holmes vs Mohammed Ali in 1980.
Biden was "brilliant and full of energy - sharper than ever" CNN two weeks ago....
😂
Maybe that was suppose to be an April fools message that got accidentally delayed?
This is terrifying. I never thought I’d say this in my life… I’m now a trump supporter. .
The biggest surprise for me was that it was the biggest surprise for All !!!
it's inexplicable how he even got to the stage of taking part in any kind of debate - how blind can people be???
It's not like Biden has gotten that much worse in 4 years. I still remember the time he responded to a question in 2020 from a woman at a town hall by calling her a "lying dog-faced pony soldier". He was already a mess in 2020.
Biden is declining right in front of us. IMO, he needs 24-hour palliative care at this point. I don't seriously believe that he will make it to November.
Biden was 100% at fault for the awkward golf argument. Trump was demonstrating his physical health by bringing up golf.
Biden was lying about his own golf and trump had every right to call him a liar.
Biden, needs looking after in a care home, not the leader of the free world...
Joe should be in ICU
Kamala Harris? Did you see what Tulsi did to here in the debates? Kamala is possibly the only person who can make Joe Biden sound coherent is comparison.
Yeah. The idea of running Harris is about the only idea worse than running Biden. She is a giggling halfwit diversity hire.
Tulsi as VP would lock it up for Trump
@@tenToesUp747 Tulsi is great. Seems like a really sensible person.
@@hooligan9794 I don't like her, but she would seal the deal. Rational people would see her as a check on Trump. She is a democrat, a woman, and a person of color (whatever the fuck any that matters)
@@hooligan9794 The problem is that she's a Democrat.
Truthfully, I was looking forwards to this, but even I struggled to get to 10 minutes.
It was like watching Mike Tyson beat up a house cat.
Edit: To be clear, I'm talking about Trump / Biden, not this video. Spectator, you guys keep on keeping on.
I dunno these two seemed ok to me….. or were you talking about the Trump Biden thing?
@@VaucluseVanguard Sorry, I should be clear, I meant Trump Biden. I'll edit that.
For the record, I quite enjoy the Spectator, even when I disagree with them.
Only if your an alt right teabagger like Elon. Biden did fine and answered all the questions unlike Trump.🤔
@@BinnyBongBaron_AoE Yes, agreeing is intellectually boring and inhibits growth! I like to have my ideas challenged. The ole' Socratic "one -two punch" test!
DON'T slander President Trump
Why does Biden even want to do this? Just speaking seems completely exhausting for him. Being president means constant meetings, speeches, dealing with problems, traveling all around the world. I can’t imagine why he would want to take on that physical and mental stress for 4 more years when he can barely walk up a few stairs and has trouble completing full sentences
Yes you think he would be glad at this stage to hand over to someone else.
The widely-held suspicion in the US is that it's his wife that is cajoling him into running again because she loves the prestige of being First Lady.
They hid Brandon in 2020 and should have in 2024. As few times they have let him leave Delaware they never should have let him out. Elder abuse-shame on Jill.
You calling him Brandon invalidates any opinion you have for most people. Grow up.
@@vipersb1 I have witnessed more elections than you have years. Your man was toast last night and who needs to grow up is Democratic Party because they let him go on stage. That last night is called Elderly Abuse.
why did the spectator endorse this man for president in 2020? He was almost just as bad as this 4 years ago.,
25th ammendment now !! This is so cruel, and elder abuse
Not going to work
Nobody who was a Biden supporter should have any say about who replaces Biden
Good thing the election is rigged or the democrats would be fucked!
5:30 of Trump was too mean to Joe that would have created sympathy for Biden. Trump played it well.
Kamala as a replacement is a joke
Sorry Joe Time to Go
.... the emperor has NO clothes!
You can't shit your pants if you aren't wearing any. Hence, I respectfully disagree! LOL
Bless Trump for the restraint he displayed. Shame on Biden's handlers!
Not the fault of the handlers -- Biden is just too far gone. I pity the handlers.
Question, Biden says the reason I got my handicap down to a 6 was when I was vice president. Hmnmm 🤔 Is that what you should have been doing in office. Questions, questions, questions.
It's not only about age but it's about mental capacity and capabilities Biden has never been able to really contribute and to make this country better Trump has proven track record of being able to help the people Trump truly comes across as a person president for the people Biden looks like he's there for himself and his party who just want control not to help they're there to create issues and problems that they want to fix later unfortunately people have caught onto this or at least some
Let’s face it, Biden has never been in the driving seat. He was already a passenger before 2020.
Kamala! First female president? God help us!!
Joe feels up kids.
including his own, according to her own words!!!
So, if your a voter, imagine this president, in four years !!!
How did they not see it three years ago. Dogmatic people only see what they want!!!
Skeleton 😂
You’re
when you look at the state of the USA and the UK. the people that look for heroes to fix things for them, you get what you deserve, and if people are to bone idle to get up of their own sofa, and fixing things, then you will always have this issue, as a Mr bill cooper once said, if you are not involved in the cooking of the meal, you have no right to moan, if its not to your liking
sitting waiting for things to happen instead of being involved in making the change, in your own area and bringing back what's been lost, true local communities
Hear hear!
Imagine being a Navy Seal working your socks off to perfect your art in the service of your country - and then they wheel in someone like Biden and ask you to bow to your new Sensei.
Never been interested in US politics, but this is like a weird dystopian movie. I'm hooked.
Hopefully now Don will stop Obama getting a 4th term.
LMAO! Laughing at the Democratic media today is priceless!
Laughing at all the Democrats in the office today is priceless!
Well stated.From across the Pond.!
Looking forward to a Trump - Harris debate.
Curious to see how he reacts to her cackling laughter.
Joe should NOT be using the word handicap.😂
A question to Trump I would like to hear answered:
"If elected president, you would be 82 when you left office. If at age 81 you are in the same health situation as Joe Biden, what would you do?"
Don’t ask trump ask the voters. Most people can tell senility from old age sharp. That’s narrow minded to make the equivalence
@@christabor8662 Today, Trump is clearly as sharp as ever -- if he's a little less impetuous and more judicious, that's even to his credit. Biden is clearly not entirely with it anymore. I believe, like you do, that voters will see that and put Trump in office this fall.
All that said, time comes for us all. There is a non-zero chance that Trump at 81 will look like Biden at 81. What is the plan for that? Who is the VP going to be?
“Convicted sex offender.”
I stop listening as soon as I start hearing fake rhetoric.
I thought the back and forth over the golf handicap was hillarious😂
Me, too! So funny! It was also very telling.
Did you notice first Biden claimed to have a 6 Handicap then in the next repose it was an 8 Handicap.
Goldfish vave linger memories.
If someone shouted fore when a golf ball was struck, Joe would say to Jill, Duck Honey, there are three more coming.
Joe looked and sounded the same to me as the last two years. The surprise came at the end of the debate when instead of the left fawning all over Joe's "prowess and intelligent banter" as in the past, but immediately pounced on Joe as old and feeble like it just happened. This is why we had an early debate. The Dems couldn't just remove Joe, they had to get permission from their base. Now they have it.
Terrible terrible terrible. biden should step aside
These are strange days 😮
And democrats are strange people!
@@sandybeach3576 Strange days indeed
He just beat medicare to death .... 😂
This debate and the following responses from the media have actually been a very helpful impression on my mental health. I often feel i live in a world where nobody sees the reality of the issue, but this revelation of joe's failure helps to give me back a sense of hope. Its like letting out a gasp of air and shouting "Oh my god, everyone just saw that..and they are actually talking about it!!"
Trump plays golf. Biden couldn’t even lift a golf club 😮
He has a handicap of 6
A total embarrassment for America and Jill Biden even made it worse .
Putin and Xi watched that too. That should scare everyone.
This is elderly abuse, outright. Shame on the people forcing him to keep doing this.
I am pretty sure we did NOT see the first of two presidential debates... it is back to the basement for Biden, if he even makes it until November.
Don't interfere with the enemy when he is making a mistake. That is Trump.
“I got my handicap down to a six when I was Vice President.”
So that’s what he was doing all the time.
Weekend at Bernie’s
Democrats, please let this man retire. Pushing him to do a job he probably doesn't even want to do anymore is just cruel. His mental decline is accelerating, if he is pushed to serve 4 more years, I do not think he will survive...let the man enjoy whatever time he has left.
Their problem is who to replace him with. Harris is an embarassment selected because she was useless except for a pair of brown (.)(.). Buttigieg his a rampant member of tHe LGB community. The liberal west will love that but the people who a US president needs to awe will take one look, declare, “your president takes it up the #### like a little girl,” and laugh at any ambassador’s ultimatum. The rest fail on some or all of the DEI tickboxes and/or are loathed for being too progressive.
The people didn't put him in and they can't take him out. He was installed by the DNC.
Goodness. The leader of the free world. And in the UK... a future PM and Chancellor who squirmed and stuttered when asked to define a woman.
Wonderful prospect
I am really depressed about the future of the Anglosphere at the moment
What's the "free world"? And does the UK belong to it?
The world's model democracy... I do hope so, or the free world is lost. If you are well travelled, you will soon deferentiate between nations that are free and those that are not: a marked difference.
@@williamsnowden8186 It's all of Europe free according to you?
I suggest you educate yourself, rather than asking facile questions.
First of two Biden-Trump debates, i doubt it.
I don’t know who won last nights debate, but I damn well know who lost, the United States of America
Absolutely. What a choice, a narcissistic buffoon vs a senile warmonger.