Biden Has Upper Hand Over Trump in Debate Expectations Game
- Trump says he prepares by campaigning and being president
- Biden guarding against being baited by expected Trump insults
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Democrat Joe Biden takes the stage at the first presidential debate of 2020 on Tuesday staring at an opponent, in President Donald Trump, who has unwittingly done him a big favor -- lowered expectations for Biden’s performance.
The president has spent months painting Biden as sleepy, doddering and senile, a move that may have lowered the bar for Biden’s performance in the eyes of many voters who will be seeing him on stage in Cleveland for the first time since the Democratic convention.