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Who’s Actually Running America Right Now? Not Who You Think.
In four months, Americans will head to the polls. With millions of voters getting battered by the economy, hot wars raging overseas, and the rapid proliferation of job-disrupting technologies, this election will arguably be one of the most important in U.S. history.
The nominee for the Democratic party is the sitting president, Joe Biden. An octogenarian with decades of experience, Biden has been part of the political establishment in Washington since the Nixon Administration.
His challenger is former president and newly convicted felon Donald Trump. Three years Biden’s junior, Trump started his business career in the early 1970s. He offers Americans prior work experience in the White and with decades of business management.
With the election cycle now in full swing, CNN recently hosted the first presidential debate between the two frontrunners. It wasn’t pretty.
Both candidates performed poorly, but there was a definitive winner — and it wasn’t President Biden. What was alarming wasn’t his answers to the questions — it was his inability to form coherent thoughts altogether.
