“I don’t walk as easily as I used to. I don’t talk as well as I used to. I don’t debate as well as I used to. But I know what I know. I know how to tell the truth.”. This is how he has tried to silence the criticism Joe Biden about his state of health after a historic debate in which alarm bells went off among Democrats due to his poor ability to react to Donald Trump’s hoaxes.

The Democratic leader ended up highly questioned in a debate in which two-thirds of Americans, according to a ‘CNN’ survey, considered that he lost. And given the rumors of possible substitutes for the elections, Biden made things clear during a rally in North Carolina.

“I know how to do this job“I know, as millions of Americans do, that when you get knocked down, you get back up,” he said.

After a difficult night, the American president also found time to criticise his opponent’s way of debating: “I spent 90 minutes on stage debating with a guy who has the morals of an alley cat. Did you see Trump last night? I assume he set, I say this honestly, a new record for the most lies told. in a single debate.” And, in the face of doubts, Biden has been emphatic: he has no intention of withdrawing.

Meanwhile, Donald Trump only talked about victory at an event in Virginia, bragging about his debate performance: “Hey, Virginia. Did anyone watch something called ‘the debate’ last night? It was a great debate. We won a great victory against a man who is really out to destroy our country.”

And, of course, he also once again attacked Biden’s hesitations, positioning himself as a strong figure for the next elections: “He studied so much that he didn’t know what the hell he was doing.. “This choice is a choice between strength and weakness, competence and incompetence.”