The President lost this battle but in service of winning the larger war. His pugilistic personae is off-putting, perhaps outright rude. He should have had modestly more restraint.
But Biden made critical mistakes, borderline fatal. And because the Dems are always intent on losing to President Trump, they will follow up with more mistakes. One of those mistakes may be to infer that they have a larger lead than they actually have. If so, count on them to cancel the debate rematch and keep Biden in the basement through election day as a relentless President Trump continues to hammer him on dozens of issues at rally after rally. Rather than apologize for his debate performance, count on President Trump to keep referring back to it. ‘Antifa is just an idea? Really, Joe? Hey Joe, do you still have zero endorsements from law enforcement organizations? Joe, take a look please at the unemployment rates in open red states versus closed blue states. ...’
Fighting is never poetic, beautiful, artistic. War is hell. Politics is blood sport. The dmeonkraps have changed the civil debate rules going back to Lloyd Benson. As I stated elsewhere, Trump doesn’t wait around for the insults to end before responding. He’s a fighter, not a limp wristed debater.