Former president Donald Trump is challenging President Joe Biden to a debate rematch, which he says can serve as “the answer to the Crooked Joe Biden Incompetence Puzzle” after the 81-year-old incumbent’s troubling performance at the first debate.
“Let’s do another Debate, but this time, no holds barred — An all on discussion, with just the two of us on stage, talking about the future of our Country,” Trump wrote in a Truth Social post. “The ratings were massive for the First Debate, record setting, in fact, but this one, because of the format, would blow everything away!”
“Likewise it would be yet another test for me. What a great evening it would be, just the two of us, one on one, in a good, old fashioned Debate, the way they used to be. ANYTIME, ANYWHERE, ANYPLACE!!!” he added.
During last month’s debate, Biden struggled to form coherent sentences and, at times, appeared downright confused. At one point, when Biden offered an incoherent ramble in response to a question of how he would solve the crisis at the southern border, Trump replied: “I really don’t know what he said at the end of that sentence. I don’t think he knows what he said either.”
Biden’s debate performance has caused widespread panic among Democrats, leading to calls from major Democratic donors and at least three House Democrats for Biden to drop out of the race.
Eighty percent of voters now say Biden is too old to run for president, according to a new Wall Street Journal.
Still, Biden said he’s “not going anywhere” at a White House Fourth of July event, and a campaign fundraising email was similarly insistent.
“I’m the Democratic Party’s nominee,” the email read. “No one is pushing me out. I’m not leaving, I’m in this race to the end, and WE are going to win this election. If that’s all you need to hear, pitch in a few bucks to help [Vice President Harris] and me defeat Donald Trump in November.”