Biden calls Trump "a whiner" over his response to the American political persecution judicial system

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Trump sharply criticizes President Biden’s foreign policy record on multiple fronts:

➖ “Our military doesn’t respect him. We looked like fools in Afghanistan,” Trump said of the United States’ chaotic pullout after a two-decade presence in the Central Asian country.

➖ “Iran was broke,” Trump said of his administration’s imposition of sanctions on Tehran. “Anybody that did business with Iran, including China, they couldn’t do business with the United States… Iran was broke, they had no money for Hamas or Hezbollah.”

➖ “Again, Ukraine should’ve never happened,” he reiterated after claiming he would move to end the conflict between Moscow and Kiev shortly after taking office.

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Did Biden have a hard time staying on his feet for two hours?

The first lady helped the octogenarian president gingerly manage the two steps leading off the debate stage.

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Former President Trump experiences a significant swing in his favor in online betting markets.

California Governor Gavin Newsom also enjoys a small uptick, presuming Biden will drop out and be replaced on the ticket. Biden's chances crater to just 23%.

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❗️Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov instructed Gener Staff to take rapid response measures to US provocations over Black Sea

The department noted that the intensity of flights in the region of US strategic drones, which carry out reconnaissance and targeting of Western high-precision weapons of the Armed Forces of Ukraine for strikes against Russian targets, has increased.

As noted, such data indicate the growing involvement of the United States and NATO countries in the Ukrainian conflict on the side of Kiev.

Flights of American UAVs increase the risk of confrontation between NATO and Russia, because they multiply the probability of incidents in the air.

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📹Long story short: US Presidential debate in 20 seconds

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'Embarrassment for American democracy' — Scott Ritter on US Presidential debates

"For 90 minutes, the world got to watch what was, frankly speaking, an embarrassment for American democracy. Neither candidate did well. Let’s just be clear about that. But at least Donald Trump in performing poorly performed coherently. For Joe Biden, this is the end of his candidacy," former UN weapons inspector said.

Ritter added that after the debate, the world finally saw the figurative political assassination of Biden:

"CNN did what the Democratic Party could not do: create the conditions under which the American people were able to see firsthand the cognitive decline of a man who is not fit to be president of the United States. And that man is Joe Biden... This is someone who belongs in a retirement home, under the care of watchful people who ensure that he doesn't harm himself."

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Biden ‘is mentally unfit to be President of the United States’ – US congressman

Numerous Democrats have expressed concerns about Biden’s poor performance and its implications for the future of his candidacy, according to CNN. Sputnik has reached out to experts to get their first impressions of the debate.

▪️Paul Gosar, US Congressman: "With tonight's debate, Joe Biden stammered the quiet part out loud: he is mentally unfit to be President of the United States."

▪️Ronald Vitiello, former acting US Customs and Border Protection Deputy Commissioner: Biden's claim that the US southern border is more secure under his administration compared to former President Donald Trump's is nonsense.

"Media reports have a 40% reduction in encounters since the executive order was signed. That still keeps us at over 1 million [illegal crossings on the southern border] per year," he said.

▪️Art Del Cueto, National Border Patrol Council Vice President: "Our borders have been in shambles since day one of the Biden administration… The Border Patrol union never has nor never will endorse President Biden.”

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Who will Democrats pick to replace Biden as their nominee? Scott Ritter on aftermath of tonight's debates

"The Democrats now have a choice. Who are they going to pick to be the nominee? Because it's not going to be Joe Biden. And the Republicans have to sit there and say, 'Okay, we have our man, but now, without any meaningful competition going forward, what can be done to make Donald Trump an even better candidate?'"

The former UN weapons inspector also delved into what Trump will do next, now that Biden has clearly been eliminated as a viable candidate for the presidency in 2024:

"And so one of the clear outtakes of this debate is that the American people need to step up to the plate and start challenging Donald Trump. If he is to be the next president of the United States, and frankly speaking, after tonight's performance, this is clearly the direction America is heading," Ritter said.

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