The Latest Breaking News on Presidential debate 2024: Trump focuses on immigration while Democrat's panic over Biden performance

Heaven help us.

Joe Biden's presidential campaign was in full damage control mode Friday as the president sought to recover from a disastrous debate showing with Donald Trump that triggered panic among Democrats and even murmurs about replacing the 81-year-old on the White House ticket.

‘This is truly one of CNN’s worst nights,’ one X user wrote

This was the first time that Donald Trump and Joe Biden had debated since the 2020 campaign so The Conversation asked US government and security academic Dafydd Townley to watch the head-to-head and analyse what he thought were the most important points.

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A month after Joe Biden challenged Donald Trump to a debate, the former president won it by keeping his mouth shut

The president has used the insult, whose origins remain elusive, on previous occasions

All members of a focus group grouping such voters said Joe Biden should be replaced as the Democratic nominee after his performance in the debate