Armenian News - Tert.am
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06:44 Jul 03, 2024
President Joe Biden is now chalking up his fumbling debate performance to a heavy travel schedule ahead of the face-off with Donald Trump — the latest in a series of explanations for an episode that has caused some Democrats to call for him to drop his reelection bid. The president told donors Tuesday that he was offering “not an excuse but an explanation” for his struggles during the debate. “I wasn’t very smart. I decided to travel around the world a couple of times … shortly before the debate,” Biden said at a fundraiser in McLean, Virginia. “I didn’t listen to my staff and I came back and then I almost fell asleep on stage.” His remarks Tuesday marked the latest attempt to explain the poor debate performance and stave off a cascade of Democrats threatening to withdraw support or calling for him to drop out amid questions about his mental acuity at 81, nearly three years older than Trump. He assumed responsibility for what happened on the debate stage, telling donors at the Virginia event that it “wasn’t v...