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A 'disorientated' Joe Biden put in a disastrous performance during a 90-minute head-to-head with Donald Trump last night - sending the Democratic party into total panic and raising the spectre that he could be replaced as candidate for the 2024 general election.
The two oldest presidential candidates ever went into battle but Mr Biden quickly lost his way, mumbling and stumbling over his words in a dismal performance on CNN last night.
Mr Trump was seen pulling faces of shock as his rival lost his train of thought and again appeared to freeze - and at one point he told the millions watching across America: 'I really don't know what he just said'.
At times, Mr Biden looked blankly into the camera or down at his notes while Trump was speaking. He was also hoarse from the moment the debate started and it went down hill from there.
Trump's team has already sought to capitalise on the TV disaster and has released a video compiling all Biden's mumbling and bumbling in a video entitled: 'Needless to say, the drugs didn't work'.
Experts have described the debate disaster as a 'DEFCON 1 moment' for the Democrats. Behind the scenes there are calls to replace the 81-year-old president on the ticket after his dismal showing - even with five months to go.
Afterwards Mr Biden and his acolytes including California Governor Gavin Newsom said that he had won the debate. Biden went to a Waffle House with his wife Jill where he said: 'I think it went well'. But Biden's gamble that the debate with Donald Trump would boost his stuttering re-election campaign has failed.
And former senior advisor to President Barack Obama, David Axelrod, conceded that Biden's first performance was damaging - right from the beginning - and the 90-minutes has shaken liberal America.
'I think there was a sense of shock actually how he came out at the beginning of the debate, how his voice sounded, he seemed a little disoriented,' he said on CNN, noting there would be 'discussions' in the party after the debate about whether Biden should continue his run for reelection.
Commentator and former Clinton administration official Jamie Metzl tweeted afterwards: 'Joe Biden is my former boss. I love him and respect him deeply. He has made a tremendous contribution to our country. His greatest act of patriotism must now be to pass the torch to a new generation'.
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The two oldest presidential candidates ever went into battle but Mr Biden quickly lost his way, mumbling and stumbling over his words in a dismal performance on CNN last night.
Mr Trump was seen pulling faces of shock as his rival lost his train of thought and again appeared to freeze - and at one point he told the millions watching across America: 'I really don't know what he just said'.
At times, Mr Biden looked blankly into the camera or down at his notes while Trump was speaking. He was also hoarse from the moment the debate started and it went down hill from there.
Trump's team has already sought to capitalise on the TV disaster and has released a video compiling all Biden's mumbling and bumbling in a video entitled: 'Needless to say, the drugs didn't work'.
Experts have described the debate disaster as a 'DEFCON 1 moment' for the Democrats. Behind the scenes there are calls to replace the 81-year-old president on the ticket after his dismal showing - even with five months to go.
Afterwards Mr Biden and his acolytes including California Governor Gavin Newsom said that he had won the debate. Biden went to a Waffle House with his wife Jill where he said: 'I think it went well'. But Biden's gamble that the debate with Donald Trump would boost his stuttering re-election campaign has failed.
And former senior advisor to President Barack Obama, David Axelrod, conceded that Biden's first performance was damaging - right from the beginning - and the 90-minutes has shaken liberal America.
'I think there was a sense of shock actually how he came out at the beginning of the debate, how his voice sounded, he seemed a little disoriented,' he said on CNN, noting there would be 'discussions' in the party after the debate about whether Biden should continue his run for reelection.
Commentator and former Clinton administration official Jamie Metzl tweeted afterwards: 'Joe Biden is my former boss. I love him and respect him deeply. He has made a tremendous contribution to our country. His greatest act of patriotism must now be to pass the torch to a new generation'.
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Biden's disastrous Trump debate showdown sends Democrats into panic
The US President repeatedly lost his way, mumbled and stumbled over his words in a dismal performance on CNN last night.