The presidential debates are set. Donald Trump had spent weeks needling U.S.
President Joe Biden for his refusal to commit to the quadrennial ritual, and in one fell swoop, the president ingeniously stole the issue from the Trump campaign and made it his own. Biden used his leverage of incumbency to set the timeline, tone and tenor for the two face-to-face matchups between the rival politicians. Also, in snatching the narrative from Trump, something almost impossible to do, Biden bullied the ex-president into accepting terms that offer no upside to the Trump team.
Now, with six weeks until D-(ebate) Day, the mercurial ex-president is desperately attempting to flip the script. The information you need to know, sent directly to you: Download the CTV News App Follow the CTV News channel on WhatsApp “Sleepy Joe” stunned the political landscape with the unexpected release of a video calling for debates with the presumptive Republican nominee. Mocking and ridiculing the former reality television star for his ongoing criminal trial in Manhattan, Biden’s bravado and truculence came across as uncharacteristically Trumpian.
Nevertheless, stealing the spotlight and orchestrating such a bold move was a stroke of political genius. The announcement came on the day the Trump hush money trial was not in session so as not to compete for air time with the ex-president. Unwilling to settle for just seizing the news story of the day, the Biden campaign also struck a powerful blow at presid.
