The first Biden-Trump debate of 2024 features new fights between old rivals
WASHINGTON — Four years ago, Joe Biden rehearsed for debates at a lectern in the basement of his Delaware home.
WASHINGTON — Four years ago, Joe Biden rehearsed for debates at a lectern in the basement of his Delaware home. Now, as president, he can pick a room at the White House, his retreat at Camp David, Maryland, or almost anywhere else in the country.
But as much as the atmospherics have changed around Biden — whether it's the room he's in, the ups and downs of the economy or the outbreak of wars in Eastern Europe and the Middle East — his preparations for rematch debates with former President Donald Trump promise to be remarkably consistent with his 2020 sessions.
Trump is reluctant to practice for debates — much less engage in the full mock dry runs familiar to most presidential candidates — according to three people close to him.
"What's that?" a Trump aide replied with dry humor when asked about Trump's plans to prepare.
And yet on June 27 — the first time two men who have held the Oval Office meet in a televised presidential debate — they will have four years' worth of fresh material to battle over. Trump's primary message is that he is strong and Biden is weak. Biden's is that he cares about Americans while Trump cares only about himself.
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