Trump v Biden in the first 2024 presidential debate: our panelists’ verdict | Panelists
Trump lied while Biden struggled to mount a coherent response. Our panelists weigh in on the first presidential debate
What a catastrophe. From the moment the debate started, Joe Biden was meandering, confused and charmless. It never improved. Donald Trump, however, was relatively restrained, at least for Trump. Of course, he resorted to lies, insults and exaggerations throughout the 90 minutes. By citing things called “Black jobs” and “Hispanic jobs” and by calling Biden a “bad Palestinian”, Trump managed to hit all his usual racist notes.
Moustafa Bayoumi is a Guardian US columnist
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Lloyd Green is an attorney in New York and served in the US Department of Justice from 1990 to 1992
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