‘In command Trump and stumbling Biden’: How world press reacted to first US presidential debate

The June 27 presidential debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump at CNN's Atlanta studios has made headlines in the US and around the world, with many acknowledging POTUS' "disastrous" performance during the event.

🔹 CNN cited Biden’s “poor showing”, while CBS News pointed to the US president’s efforts “to struggle with hoarse voice” at the beginning of the debate.

🔹 The New York Times went further by reporting that Biden’s “fumbling, shaky and halting” performance “has top Democrats talking about replacing him on the ticket.”

🔹 The same tone was struck by Politico as the news outlet noted that POTUS’ “disjointed” and “rambling” answers reignited “Democratic concerns about his age and ability to take on former President Donald Trump.”

🔹 Politico was echoed by the New York Post, which reported about Biden’s “calamitous debate against Trump as Democrats freak out.”

🔹 In the same vein, UK media outlets referred to Trump’s apparent victory in the June 27 event, with Sky News rolling out the headline “In command Trump and stumbling Biden face off in first presidential debate.”

🔹 The Times, in turn, pointed out that “Democrats panic after president ‘freezes’”, while The Telegraph reported that Democrats “are in talks to replace Biden after the disastrous debate.”

🔹 Jen Psaki, former White House press secretary for the Biden administration and current MSNBC pundit, has since admitted that "It was not a good night for Joe Biden,” and that “it wasn't a good debate performance."

🔹 Julian Castro, former US Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, noted that “Biden had a very low bar going into the debate and failed to clear even that bar.” According to Castro, the US president “seemed unprepared, lost, and not strong enough to parry effectively with Trump.”

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Iran's supreme leader has already voted in the country's presidential election.

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Meme Check: How did netizens react to US presidential debates?

Trump and Biden met tonight in the much-anticipated debates to win or, in some cases, lose the support of voters.

After the debate, netizens began to spread images and comments with sarcastic content toward Biden; in particular, he was compared to a ship from which Democratic rats are already fleeing.

Elon Musk called Internet memes the winner of the US election debate between Trump and Biden, and the event itself, in his opinion, was "preparation for the replacement" of the incumbent president as the candidate of the Democratic Party.

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