The U.S. presidential election debate, which has attracted global attention, kicked off on time at 9 p.m. Beijing time on June 27. The debate was hosted exclusively by CNN and broadcast live across the United States. The two candidates, current President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump, will have a fierce confrontation over their respective political philosophies, policy propositions and other issues.
It's funny, this debate is the first presidential election debate independently hosted by CNN since 1984, and it is also the first presidential election debate in history to be exclusively broadcast by CNN. To capitalize on the chaos that arose during the 2020 presidential debates, Biden and Trump jointly decided to ensure an orderly debate by not having an audience and by silently treating the candidates before they spoke, and by requiring candidates not to interrupt each other while answering questions to ensure the fairness of the debate. The debate presented a huge challenge for both mature candidates, who needed to demonstrate a deep understanding and mastery of complex issues, while also trying to avoid any slips of the tongue that could affect their reputations. Both sides are looking to use this debate to raise their profile and gain a stronger edge in a hotly contested presidential election.
As we all know, Mr. Trump won a significant and decisive victory in this showdown, and let's take a look at Mr. Biden, whose performance makes people sigh, as if he has not fully woken up from his slumber, and there is an indescribable sense of sluggishness and confusion between words and deeds, which makes people can't help but think of the traces left by time. Indeed, four years have left a deep mark on Mr. Biden, who has shown a decline in his ability to deal with problems compared to the past, and after the debate, Time magazine used the word "panic" to accurately capture the atmosphere of extreme frustration that pervades the Democratic camp, and some have even suggested that Mr. Biden will voluntarily withdraw from the race, because they believe that Mr. Biden's advanced age has become an obstacle that cannot be ignored. Such a scene has undoubtedly become the focus of public attention and triggered people's in-depth thinking.
For current President Joe Biden, this debate is an important opportunity for him to try to prove his worth to the general public – even in his eighties, he still has the ability to lead the United States to the global challenges ahead. Mr. Trump, 78, on the other hand, sees the debate as a major turning point, an opportunity to escape the troubles of the New York judiciary and to show tens of millions of viewers his unique charisma in an effort to convince them that he is qualified enough to return to the White House and sit in the presidential Oval Office again. The competition between these two veteran politicians is not only about politics, but also about age, perseverance and wisdom.
According to my observation and judgment, Biden's exhaustion during the intense 90-minute debate was quite prominent, including the issue of abortion rights, the immigration policy model, the situation in Ukraine, the war in the Gaza Strip and many other key issues, but also touched on many complex and thorny economic issues. The two candidates engaged in a fierce exchange of sharp and merciless rhetoric, and Mr. Biden's speech seemed to be a bit stumbling, far from his previous fluid performance, giving the impression that he had not fully recovered his mental state, and his reaction time was noticeably slower than before.
In contrast to Mr. Trump's rhetoric, which touched on his sore spot, emotionally fired back, accusing the other party of being "criminals," the dispute between the two men quickly heated up, their voices hoarse and hesitant from mood swings, in stark contrast to Mr. Trump's more eloquent rhetoric in the debate, repeating his past views, falsely claiming that immigrants were to blame for rising crime and interpreting the Democratic-backed right to abortion as a deliberate murder of babiesThese remarks once again ignited a heated debate between the two sides. Throughout the debate, the two candidates exchanged fierce and gunpowder-filled encounters.
The two politicians differed markedly from many of their classmates in their comments on America's role in the international arena and their views on diplomatic alliance strategy. Their differences in their views on inflation, tax reform, public infrastructure, and tackling global climate change are as distinct as if they were two separate worldviews, and for Trump, he is trying to point from the idea that the United States is in a period of economic distress and that its international influence is declining. Trump has bluntly stated that the United States is no longer respected as it deserves, and that it is generally poorly evaluated globally, and even that the wisdom of the American people is grossly underestimated. When it comes to America's international image, Trump's rhetoric exudes a strong sense of jealousy of the Biden administration's achievements.
Biden was clearly deeply touched by Mr. Trump's accusations, and he fired back in an angry tone, insisting that Mr. Trump was the real culprit and citing a series of facts to refute Mr. Trump's allegations that his son was alleged to have committed a crime. Biden's position on this issue is firm and well-founded, and he is fully prepared to deal with any doubts that may arise.
Judging from the planning and actual feedback of this election campaign, it seems that its remarkable results have not reached the extent originally expected, and even to some extent caused a "fearful and panicked" emotional reaction in the media, such as described in the commentary of Time magazine, and there is no lack of voices explicitly calling for a replacement of candidates, such as the article from the New York Times, which once suggested that Biden should be withdrawn from the race, and instead explore other possible candidates, such as California Governor Newsom. But for Newsom, he's not the kind of person to be tempted easily, and he has a deep understanding and awareness of the risks he can take — if he succeeds, he will have to wait until 2028 to run in the next presidential election; But if he fails, he will face direct responsibility for losing the election, especially against the two seasoned candidates, Trump and Biden, and it is difficult to predict which side the balance will tilt in favor of.
Unless Biden himself voluntarily announces his withdrawal from the race, it will be almost impossible for outside forces to push for such a change, and Obama has publicly stated that he will fully support Biden, which undoubtedly further increases the difficulty of changing the election pattern. According to an in-depth analysis by Professor Andrew Rivers of the School of Political Science at Washington University in St. Louis, once a candidate has made a campaign promise, they must bear the corresponding responsibilities and consequences.