'You Know it, I Know It': Trump Claims Biden 'Unfit' to be US President | Excerpts

Concluding the debate, when asked how he would address concerns about his ability to handle the presidency as he is in his 80s.

Biden zinger directed at Trump: “This guy’s three years younger and a lot less competent.”

Meanwhile, Trump answered the question about concerns over his age by pointing to the cognitive test he took as president as well as the golf club championships he’s recently won.

He said that one has to be "quite smart" adding that "I think I’m in very good shape," Trump said claiming he feels as good as he did 25 or 30 years ago.

When asked by the interviewers if he supports the creation of an independent Palestinian state.

"I’d' have to see," Trump said.

When asked what would he do to get Israel and Hamas to end the war in Gaza, Biden touted his plan including the hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners and a continued "ceasefire with additional conditions."

Biden said, "We saved Israel."

"The only one who wants the war to continue is Hamas," he added. "We’re still pushing hard to get them to accept."

Braggin his record in protecting air, water and renewable energy, Trump claimed that "we were using all forms of energy, all forms, everything," adding that he "had the best environmental numbers ever.’"

During his presidency, Trump rolled out some provisions of the Clean Water Act and eased regulations on coal, oil and gas companies. His administration also pulled the US out of the Paris climate accord and dismissed the scientists’ warnings about climate change.

However, Biden called the climate change the 'greatest threat to humanity,' adding that Trump “didn’t do a darn thing about it.’’

Biden cited the 2022 passage of the Inflation Reduction Act, which authorises billions for clean energy. He called it the 'most significant climate legislation ever passed.'

Speaking further on the Russia-Ukraine War, Trump said, "If we had a real president, a president that knew that was respected by Putin, he would have never he would have never invaded Ukraine."

This comes as Trump had a long history of positive comments about Russian President Vladimir Putin’s toughness, including calling Putin’s tactics in the 2022 invasion of Ukraine "genius" and "very savvy."
 

Talking on Thursday, June 27, responding to whether Putin's terms are acceptable, Former President Trump said that the terms put forward by Russian President Vladimir Putin are "not acceptable."

"No, they’re not acceptable," Trump said.

The Russian President Putin has said that Russia would only end its war in Ukraine if Kyiv surrenders the entirety of four regions claimed by Moscow and abandons its bid to join NATO.

Putting his point further, Trump claimed that he would end the war in Ukraine if reelected. This comes as he regularly is campaigning on this trail but has never provided any specifics on how will he end the war. 

During the heated debate between the two presidential candidates, Former President Donald Trump brought up Hunter Biden for the first time — drawing a strong reaction from the president.

Launching deeply personal attacks against each other, Trump twice raised Biden’s son, Hunter, who was convicted earlier this month on three felony charges related to the purchase of a gun in 2018 while fighting addiction. Trump, who recently became the first former president to be convicted of felony crimes, labelled the president’s son a "convicted felon."

However, Biden tightened his grip by referring GTrump's conviction, saying that he had "sex with a porn star" while his wife was pregnant (something that Trump has denied) and added that Trump had been found civilly liable for "molesting a woman in public."

"You have the morals of an alley cat," Biden charged.

"The only person on this stage who is a convicted felon is this man I’m looking at right now," Biden said to Trump.
 

When asked about his actions and inactions on 21 January 2021 when the rioters attacked the US Capitol, Trump first tried to deflect the question by pointing to other areas but then said, "On January 6, we had a great border. Nobody coming through."

"We were energy independent. On January 6, we had the lowest taxes ever, we had the lowest regulations ever."

He added that he offered "10,000 soldiers or National Guard" ahead of his speech that day, and said he was turned down.

When asked to respond to a question on foreign policy about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Trump said, "First of all, our veterans and our soldiers can’t stand this guy. They can’t stand him. They think he’s the worst commander in chief if that’s what you call him, that we’ve ever had.”

From the beginning, Trump has been criticising Biden's immigration policy saying that migrants who have arrived in the country illegally are now living in "luxury hotels," while veterans are on the streets.

Going strong, Trump claimed toward the end of his administration, the country had the 
'safest border in history in that final couple of months."

He further repeated that "the largest number of terrorists" from all over the world are "coming into our country right now."

"Now we have the worst border in history. There’s never been anything like it, and people are dying all over the place," Trump said.

During the first few months of the Biden administration, the president focused on immigration policy on reversing Trump-era rules and promises. After almost taking te office immediately, Biden signed executive orders 'undoing' Trump’s expansion of immigration enforcement and reversing Trump’s restrictions on US entry for passport holders from seven Muslim-majority countries and halting construction of the border wall. 

Taking a swipe at Trump on the Capitol 6 attack, Biden claimed that Trump encouraged people to go the Capitol Hill and sit in the Oval Office for three hours, "watching, being begged by his vice president and a number of his colleagues on the Republican side as well to do something, to call for a stop, to end it. Instead, he talked about these people being great patriots of America. In fact, he says he’ll now forgive them for what they have done.'

"And now, he says, if he loses again — such a whiner that he is — that there could be a bloodbath," Biden said.

He added there was "no effort" on Trump’s part to stop the riot on January 6.

Trump blamed Biden and what he called the "Biden migrant crime" for the issue.

"They’re killing our citizens at a level that we’ve never seen before," the former president said.

"They are killing our people in New York and California and every state in the union because we don’t have borders anymore," Trump added.

The Republican candidate claimed that illegal immigrants are taking Black jobs and they are taking Hispanic jobs.

"They’re taking Black jobs and they’re taking Hispanic jobs," he claimed. 
 

When asked why voters should trust him on the 'border crisis,' President Joe Biden called out Trump’s actions on immigration during his presidency, by saying that his administration worked very hard to get a bipartisan border agreement with Congress.

"We find ourselves in a situation where when he was president, he was taking — separating — babies from their mothers, putting them in cages, making sure they’re the families were separated. That’s not right way to go," Biden said.

Abortion rights took centerstage during the most awaited Thursday's debate, the same day the United States Supreme Court dismissed an appeal in a lawsuit over Idaho’s abortion ban.

Launching a scathing attack on Trump, Biden said that the idea of turning abortion laws back to states is "like saying we’re going to turn civil rights back to the states."

Biden blamed Trump for the deluge of state abortion restrictions since the fall of Roe v Wade.

"The vast majority of constitutional scholars supported Roe (v. Wade) when it was decided," Biden said in response to former President Donald Trump, who defended the overturning of the landmark case.

"This idea that they were all against it is just ridiculous."

During his presidency, Trump appointed three justices to the Supreme Court who helped in forming the majority that overturned the constitutional 'Right to Abortion,' and took for the same during his campaign.

"I put three great Supreme Court justices on the court and they happened to vote in favour of killing Roe v. Wade, and moving it back to the states," he said. "Now the states are working it out.'

When asked to speak on why black Americans are disappointed on why haven't any progress has been made for them. Biden said, "I don’t blame them for being disappointed. Inflation is still hurting them badly."

However, responding to Trump's claim that Biden caused inflation, the president claimed that under his administration more Black businesses were started than during any other period and that the Black unemployment rate is at its lowest level ever. Black unemployment in March dropped to 5 per cent, the lowest level on record. The unemployment rate hit its lowest rate at 5.3 per cent during the Trump administration. In May, the Black unemployment rate stood at 6.1 per cent, AP reported quoting the debate on CNN. 

The current president further highlighted the work his administration is doing to reduce student debt. He had attempted to cancel federal student debt for millions of Americans, but many of those efforts have been stymied by legal challenges.

Furthermore, Black borrowers on average carry about $40,000 in federal student loan debt, $10,000 more than white borrowers, according to federal education data, a disparity that reflects the racial wealth gap.

 

Speaking on the US military's troop withdrawal from Afghanistan, Trump said it was "the most embarrassing day in the history of our country’s life."

Opening the debate by bragging about himself, Trump said that when he was in office, the economy and pandemic were "rocking good." He said, "Everything was rocking good."

He further added that Biden inherited 'almost no inflation' economy and accused the current president of blowing it up under his administration.'

When asked "What do you say to voters who feel they are worse off under your presidency than they were under President Trump," Biden said that he received the economy in a 'freeball.' in a hoarse voice, the current President said that when he assumed the office the situation was bad. The pandemic was handled badly, people were dying and employment was rising.

Further claiming that he had created 15,000 jobs, Biden tried renewing voters' confidence in his economic leadership. 

As soon as Joe Biden and Donald Trump arrived for the debate the two didn't shake hands. The two candidates who last met at a debate in 2020, did not shake hands back then but due to Covid-19 protocols

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