“The media wants to lower Joe Biden’s debate performance bar so low he gets a participation trophy simply for standing upright for 90 minutes, but make no doubt about it - Biden will be highly prepared and alert on debate night, relying on the same perfectly calibrated dosage used to deliver his widely praised 2024 State of the Union Address or his 2012 thrashing of Paul Ryan in the VP debate.
“The true benchmark for Thursday’s debate should be whether or not Joe Biden can defend his disastrous record on inflation and the out-of-control border invasion versus President Trump’s unquestioned first-term record of success, and if Biden can speak for himself without the overt participation and interference of two CNN moderators.
“If given a fair opportunity to present his vision for America, President Trump will lay out exactly how he plans to improve the lives of every American suffering from everything becoming too expensive and every community being turned into a border community thanks to Joe Biden’s incompetence.” — Steven Cheung
What you need to know:
On Thursday, Joe Biden will have to answer for his record of historic inflation, border invasion, and incompetence.
Less than one week from the debate the case against him continues to grow. He is a weak, failed, dishonest president.
With the first presidential debate of the 2024 election just a week away, the Biden team has been in “intensive discussion and preparation” at Camp David, hoping Biden will be able to revive his former strength.
President Trump takes on numerous tough interviews every single week and delivers lengthy rally speeches while standing, demonstrating elite stamina.
He does not need to be programmed by staff or juiced up like Joe Biden does.
More than three years into Biden’s presidency, the American people have seen nothing but crisis after crisis, have less money in their pockets, and are tired of their tax dollars being wasted.
It’s time for Joe Biden to defend his disastrous record:
Biden has created an unprecedented crisis at the border.
In Biden's first 100 days, he took more than 94 executive actions on immigration, including halting construction of the border wall and ending the successful "Remain in Mexico" policy.
Since then, more than 6 million migrants have crossed the border illegally.
Biden has set the record for all-time migrant encounters at the southern border every year of his presidency.
Under Biden, more people on the FBI terror watchlist were arrested at the southern border in FY 2023 than in the last six years combined.
Illegal aliens have committed horrific crimes against American citizens.
Under Trump, the border was secure – and will be again under his leadership.
Americans are worse off financially under Biden.
Under Biden, Americans experienced the worst inflation in four decades, with groceries up 21.2%, rent up 21.2%, and electricity up 29% since Biden took office.
Bidenflation outpaced wages for a majority of Biden’s presidency – both year-over-year real average hourly earnings and real average weekly earnings were negative for 25 months.
Soaring home prices combined with high interest rates have created an unaffordable housing market.
Americans suffering under Bidenomics long for the Trump economy once again.
Biden’s trade policies have put America last.
Biden has failed to recover jobs in iron and steel mills and ferroalloy manufacturing.
There are 7,000 fewer jobs in the American iron and steel industry than there was pre-pandemic.
Biden announced he would raise tariffs on Chinese imports only after Trump made this a key issue.
President Trump successfully negotiated a deal requiring China to purchase an additional $200 billion worth of United States exports.
Hardworking Americans have paid for Biden’s war on American energy.
Biden has wreaked havoc on American energy after promising to “eliminate” oil and natural gas.
Biden halted oil and gas leases on federal lands, issued sweeping bans on drilling, proposed billions in new taxes on the U.S. fossil fuel industry, and pushed stifling environmental regulations that have raised costs for American consumers.
Biden has looked everywhere but the U.S. for solutions to high gas prices.
Hardworking Americans are suffering the cost of Biden’s war on American energy.
Under Biden, energy prices have soared nearly 30% —13 times faster than the previous seven years, and all 50 states have reached new record-high gas prices.
Biden’s weak leadership has emboldened America’s adversaries.
Under Biden, Putin launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the Taliban control Afghanistan, Iran-backed groups are attacking U.S. troops and allies, Iran can fuel at least three nuclear weapons now, and China is menacing Taiwan.
President Trump will safeguard America and preserve peace through strength.
President Trump was the first American leader since Ronald Reagan not to start a war.
Medicare premiums and long-term care costs have spiked under Biden.
While Biden promises to bring down health care costs, seniors saw the largest ever Medicare Part B premium increase in 2022, jumping 14.5% .
Seniors are facing rising costs for long-term care thanks to Biden.
Despite claiming to oppose Medicare cuts, Joe Biden is actively working to enact cuts to Medicare Advantage, an increasingly popular Medicare option for seniors in America.
President Trump expanded health care choice, transparency, and affordability.
President Trump signed several executive orders to increase price transparency by requiring hospitals to publish costs for a wide range of procedures, allowing patients to shop among hospitals for the most affordable healthcare
Americans are less safe under Biden.
According to the “nonpartisan” Council on Criminal Justice, crime has surged since 2019, with homicides up 18%, gun assault up 32%, motor vehicle theft up 105%, carjackings up 93%, and aggravated assault up 8% percent.
In most cities, homicide rates remain higher than pre-pandemic levels.
President Trump will restore law and order and make America safe again.
Biden has a long history of offensive racial pandering.
Biden’s failed policies for Black Americans has come on top of nearly half a century of racist and racially insensitive remarks from Biden.
Biden uses the woke term “Latinx” – which only one in four Latino adults have heard of and only three percent use
Instead of providing real solutions, all Biden can do is pander and mock Asian Americans.
Meanwhile, President Trump is focused on uplifting all Americans.
President Trump’s tax cuts created the Opportunity Zones program, which led to $75 billion in new private investment into distressed communities.
Biden has failed to push back on antisemitism.
Caving to progressive anti-Israel and antisemitic “activists,” Biden has backtracked on his initial support for Israel.
Biden said it was “a big mistake” to push for the total elimination of Hamas.
Under President Trump’s leadership the United States recognized Jerusalem as the true capital of Israel.
Meanwhile, President Trump stands with Israel and against anti-Semitism.
Despite promises of unity, Biden frequently targets his political opponents.
Biden has repeatedly smeared Trump supporters as “MAGA extremists,” labeling half the country as “backwards, full of anger, violence, hate, and division.”
Biden weaponized the Department of Justice (DOJ) to promote his radical left agenda, with the DOJ backing a memo calling parents domestic terrorists.
While Biden is wielding the levers of power for his own political ends, President Trump is focused on cleaning out the deep state.
On day one, Trump will re-issue his 2020 executive order restoring the president’s authority to fire rogue bureaucrats.
Bottom Line: Americans, get your popcorn ready. The time has finally come for Joe Biden to defend his awful record and destructive agenda.
