Joe Biden attributed his extremely poor performance in the debate against Donald Trump to fatigue after consecutive trips to France and Italy in June.
The US president said it was “not very smart” to have “travelled around the world several times” shortly before this phone call and that it led him to “almost fall asleep on stage” during a meeting with Democratic donors in Washington, adding: “That is not an excuse, but an explanation.”
“I didn’t listen to my advisers,” the 81-year-old Democratic candidate said, five days after a debate with Trump in which he seemed completely lost.
So far, the main argument of his supporters has been to say that Joe Biden had a temporary “bad night” and to point out that he was suffering from a “cold” that hampered his speech.
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The US president was in France from June 5 to 9 for the Normandy landings and a state visit. On the day of his arrival, June 5, after traveling all night, he stayed all day at the hotel. He then traveled to Italy from June 12 to 14 for the G7 summit, followed immediately by a campaign trip to California.
That is why he did not participate in the Ukraine Peace Conference held in Switzerland.
Biden then retreated for six days to prepare for the debate with his advisers at his Camp David residence near Washington, during which he did not participate in any public activities.
naftemporiki.gr with information from Le Figaro