Foreign diplomats react with horror to Biden’s dismal debate performance

CNN ^ | Fri June 28, 2024 | Kylie Atwood, Nic Robertson, Luke McGee and Jeremy Herb

[MinorityRepublican]

President Joe Biden’s dismal showing at the CNN presidential debate against former President Donald Trump resonated around the world, with foreign diplomats expressing shock and concern while raising questions about the implications for a consequential US election that could upend the foreign policy status-quo should Trump be elected again.

“Hard to watch” is how multiple foreign diplomats described Thursday night’s debate between Biden and Trump to CNN.

The overwhelming sentiment among more than half a dozen diplomats from Europe, the Middle East and Asia whom CNN spoke to was that it was “a bad night for Biden,” as one European diplomat put it.

“It is a sad reality that Biden is old, and he is getting older. We saw it. I had difficulties understanding what he was saying, and I understand English pretty well,” said a second European diplomat.

“Trump ate him alive,” said an Arab diplomat.

“I was shell-shocked. I could not believe my eyes,” an Asian diplomat said of Biden’s performance.

Biden’s debate flop was front-page news across Europe, with left- and right-leaning newspapers excoriating the president – even in France, where the country has its own elections coming up this weekend.

[DoodleBob]

I believe there is more to all of these stories about Dems being shocked, shocked I tell you, at President Phlegm’s debate implosion.

And it helps to think in terms of Monty Python’s Dead Parrot Sketch.

True, Bidet usually rises to the occasion when he’s angry and full of hate. But everyone knew there was a bigly chance he’d unravel even if you ran 10,000 volts thru him.

For YEARS they’ve misdirected, lied, and harassed anyone pointing out Bidet’s mental defects. “He stutters…”. “Hey, Trump stumbles and gets names wrong, too…”. “He’s pining for the fjords.”

Rather than face the heat and daggers accompanying the “how in the Wide World of Sports did you NOT see this possible outcome?” commentary, they are hoping the splatter from demanding a replacement and throwing Bidet under the bus blinds people to their complicity in selling us a parrot that’s stone dead.

These people would sell their dead Mom for power. And they’ve been caught. This is glorious.

[Trumpette1954]

I guess those diplomats haven’t met with Biden for a while if they honestly don’t know how far gone he is! I don’t believe for a minute these people are shocked by his performance!

[faithhopecharity]

nobody was shocked or surprised. Biden’s condition has been very much in evidence for a long time already.

what is a bit surprising is that this leftwing media outlet published such a story as this

it is very far from the usual leftwing coverup or rally around Biden

someone want him replaced?? then this is TBUTB time (toss biden under the bus time)

maybe

[mewzilla]

They know.

And their Deep States have kept our Deep State’s secrets.

[MinorityRepublican]

someone want him replaced?? then this is TBUTB time (toss biden under the bus time)

They can try. But Jill Biden will say no.

All Joe Biden will have to do is to show up in Chicago to receive his delegates for the nomination.

The only play at this point is the 25th Amendment.

But if I'm Jill, I'll call their bluff.

[Chode]

[rxh4n1]

“I don’t believe for a minute these people are shocked by his performance!”

I don’t believe it either, but if they truly are, they need to fire their intelligence and diplomatic services.

[cgbg]

The Deep State will ask nicely.

Then if necessary they will tell nicely.

Then if necessary they will stop the half measures and take a full measure.

(Ref: Breaking Bad—”No half measures”)

[faithhopecharity]

hi
I see

well, the D’s would need a replacement, preferably one who

1. will obey orders like Biden and Obammy did
2. does not have embarrassing “dead air silence” mental freezes on camera
3. does not trip and fall when it is necessary to place one foot in front of the other (aka: walking)
4. does not have a visible or blatant communist/nazi/islamic affiliation or history
5. preferably, although not absolutely necessary, be female, lesbian, minority and/or have a serious disability other than the ones Biden is affilicted with
6. maybe also enjoys some name recognition and this is not beacuse his/her/its picture is on every post office wall in Amerika
7. is not a politician from an obviously broken state like NY or Californication or MassofChewBits
8. is constitutionally eligible

gee..... that just about rules out every DNC political puppet in sight

no wonder DNC has been clinging on to Ol Joe
so desperately

4.

[MinorityRepublican]

Not much they can do at this point. They’ve walked themselves into a trap. By getting rid of Joe Biden, Kamala Harris is next in line. And she’s toxic so no one is going to vote for her.

[cgbg]

Once they are rid of Biden it is an open convention.

The Party can do as it will do—with obvious risks of course.

But—if the Deep State wants Biden gone—whether that is a wise choice or not—then he is gone.

[MinorityRepublican]

You’re right. But Kamala Harris will make her claim as Joe Biden’s successor.

[cgbg]

Kamala can be bribed.

She can be threatened.

Or both.

:-)

[ponygirl]

I don’t believe for a minute those are real quotes. Why don’t they name the sources? Too top secret to reveal what absolutely everyone saw last night? Fake news!

[MinorityRepublican]

Time to eat popcorn.

[MayflowerMadam]

They might be reacting “with horror” on the outside. But inside they’re doing the happy dance. Especially if they’re from China or similar.

America is 100% vulnerable, and easy pickin’s.

[mbrfl]

>>But—if the Deep State wants Biden gone—whether that is a wise choice or not—then he is gone.

But the problem is, that there’s a rift within the Deep State. People like to talk about how unified the left is, and there’s some truth to that. But it’s an oversimplification. I don’t claim to know all the factions involved, but clearly there’s some sort of power struggle going on, and because neither side was willing to back down, they’ve reached the point where there’s no winning play left for either side.

[cgbg]

The next few months are going be 1968-like crazy.

The propaganda, misinformation and disinformation is going to be off the charts.

The backstabbing and jockeying for power among the Democrats is going to get crazy.

The Internet is going to make it worse, not better.

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I am very familiar with the JFK assassination.

What is not well known is that each document release from the files had a lot of new and fascinating information in it—information not known to Congressional investigators of the 1970s or 1980s, Jim Garrison or the many researchers on the topic.

The CIA with some help from the FBI was running a highly complex and detailed coverup that involved dozens of employees, contractors and others with shared interests. They destroyed evidence, tampered with evidence, created some fake evidence, intimidated witnesses, altered witness testimony etc etc etc.

These folks are experts at “hiding the ball”.

They have gotten even better at it over the years.

The average citizen is badly overmatched.

[cgbg]

I agree there is a conflict going on here.

Both sides have lots of moves they can make.

They are human and make mistakes—and they may do dumb stuff that makes no sense to us.