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stfangirly444

at this point someone could add a laugh track to the debate and it would be a comedy show.


FreshieBoomBoom

If the enterity of the free world wasn't at stake, then sure.


Like_An_Animal1995

I was stoned and laughing my ass off the whole time 🤣


Shadowless_sun

I feel like there needs to be an maximum age limit to how old you can be to run for president


haeru_mizuki

Yeah, by the time you reach retirement age you shouldn't even think of becoming president. Trump has the face of a deepfried ballsack dipped in cheeto dust.


Your_friendly_weirdo

Right…..we need more young people, I can’t believe we allow this


CupNoodow

It’s the same reason why golf and pickleball are trending sports. Baby boomers!


Beneficial_Cry2061

39, I believe, is as young as you can get.


Elektrikor

No the minimum is 35


caspershomie

yep, [Literally Anybody Else](https://fortune.com/2024/03/30/army-vet-named-literally-anyone-else-announces-presidential-run/) is 35 and trying to get enough signatures to be put on the presidential ballot.


Duck_Devs

Get literally anybody else in the senate now!!!


Remarkable_Coast_214

Not American, but I don't mind that there's an age minimum, even like 39, because you would need some level of experience, but dear lord they need an age maximum of like 60-65.


McMeanx2

Who’s we?


Atlantikjcx

Agreed, but I understand why young people don't want to be president. It's basically a lifelong commitment as you'll have secret service on your ass all your wich will limit your freedoms for safety...


LucienMahikai

Most presidents, after they serve their term, aren't surrounded by secret service. They can make the choice to, but it isn't a requirement


Suitable-Juice-9738

> allow this Both candidates won a literal popularity contest against younger candidates


icyrecipe2468

Sometimes I get depressed at the current political climate of the world then I remember there are real, live people that believe that vaccines cause Autism and I'm right back to laughing.


Appropriate_Law_9797

Donald trump is now as old as Biden was when they first ran. THEY ARE ALL TO OLD AND PROBABLY GOING TO DIE BEFORE THEIR TERMS END. so stupid. we're cooked


Outrageous-Jicama228

You could argue that Joe is closer to death since he’s older, however I think that trumps Big Mac diet will bring their deaths closer together


Tsktsktsktsktsktsk2

If we choose biden as president and he dies can we reroll?


gliscornumber1

No, if Biden dies while in office Kamala will take over in his place


commorancy0

If Trump dies while in office, we presently have no idea who would take over as Trump hasn't chosen a VP. At least with Biden, right now we know where we stand.


DommyMommyKarlach

You can run without choosing a VP?


commorancy0

No, they cannot run without one. Yet, Trump still hasn't picked a running mate. We should have known who it was before going into the debate, and yet we don't. It's anyone's guess when Trump will select his VP. He could wait until a week before the election to announce his VP since Trump pretty much owns the Republican Party at this point.


oeb1storm

It’s part of the rules of the Democratic and Republican Parties that their conventions nominate candidates for both President and Vice President. If either of the major parties were to change their rules to no longer require the nomination of a nominee for Vice President, and in fact there was no such nominee, the presidential electors who are elected and pledged to vote for the Presidential nominee without a running mate would be free to vote for whomever they choose for Vice President. If no candidate for Vice President receives a majority of the electoral vote, the 12th Amendment provides that the U.S. Senate shall choose the Vice President from the top two electoral vote getters. That could leave the President with a Vice President from the other major party.


CJKM_808

No, it’ll go down to VP, who is currently Kamala. Voting Democratic is voting for the VP in this race, sadly.


Global-Noise-3739

FR


dean15892

I wish that would hold up I thought this 8 years ago, and look where we are now


FrostByte_62

*too


boyawsome876

There’s a minimum age to run. There should be a maximum age to run.


Tinyguy_17

Free entertainment tho


grilledbruh

Shi I thought it was gonna be so fire i set up my sports area like it was the Super Bowl


ReReReverie

did you watch a watch along where they had live commentary? "Oh! and there it is! Biden has somehow left the podium whupile still being at the podium!....OH! looks at that! trump's wig was blown off!"


lighthouse-it

Nah it's not even funny anymore. That shit was just sad.


FNameriKKKa666

💯💯💯💯💯💯


[deleted]

Project 2025 enters the chat. . .


camo_216

Solution they both have a major health crisis


MemeCroissant

Except that will never happen because we have Checks and balances in this country. In addition Trump has never endorsed Project 2025. He has his own ideas if he gets elected. Project 2025 is just plan of a group of individuals who make a “wishlist” of what they want to see. They make a type of Project 2025 every single election cycle, and they never get implemented


CIRE42

Checks and balances work when all the sides work in good faith, aka not inciting an insurrection and overturning legal precedent that’s stood for over 40 years


MemeCroissant

And there are many other reasons why this idea would never work. It’s just what few people would like to see. However, that idea is just not realistic to happen. Such as I said, it’s just a wishlist and never get implemented.


Maladal

Large parts of Project 2025 make their impact in the Executive branch that the POTUS has basically full control over to do as they please. So checks and balances wouldn't really apply there. It's not really about what Trump himself can accomplish as President though, it's about the fact that a bunch of people created and push it as a valid path forward for the country that makes it so terrifying.


Drag0n647

Real


Teamisgood101

Bread and circus all I need is the bread


SHSL_Waiter_RM2828

Whoever has a death note, I am begging you please write both of their names in it that way we can get different candidates!😭😭


No-Maybe-1498

they’re both so stupid it hurts


FNameriKKKa666

💯💯💯💯


mist_dr

Alzheimer’s patient vs. convicted felon  America is doomed 


Siipisupi

World is doomed


Luck612

Can we not agree that a slightly more old and slow man is a better choice than an old, slow man that wants to become dictator “for a day”?


death_lad

of course, but that’s not the point. The point is- if this election is so crucial to the survival of democracy, why tf are the dems running another senile old fuck that everyone hates? We shouldn’t be in this position to begin with. The democrat hierarchy and their corporate overlords would literally rather lose to a fascist and stay rich than genuinely push a progressive candidate and have things change for the better. The country is fucked


RonenSalathe

>The democrat hierarchy and their corporate overlords would literally rather lose to a fascist and stay rich than genuinely push a progressive candidate and have things change for the better. *sigh* Biden *is* the progressive candidate. We are not competing with Republicans for the leftist college kids (who don't even vote) that would be temporarily appeased by a more progressive candidate (before they find something else to be mad about). We are competing for moderates, who would be alienated by whatever person you're thinking of (if it's sanders he could never win and would be a terrible president)


Temporary_Engineer95

because unfortunately democrats consist of both leftists and centrists/neoliberals. centrists make everything worse for leftists, as they dont do jackshit for the country and the right can point at the "leftist" party, and laugh at how it miserably failed, and thereby gain more support for the next election. considering most people tend to lean around the center, they will end up running someone more moderate rather than someone who actually wants to get actual beneficial social welfare policies passed, so among the democrats, the leftists who want change are in the minority, leaving the centrists dominant in the democrats, and as i mentioned before, centrists fuel support for the right, so basically the left is fucked in the country unless we get rid of the moderates


commorancy0

Because who else are the Democrats going to pick? The Democrat party also can't exactly override Biden's wishes to run again. The only way another Democrat will have any hope of running is for Biden to step aside and not run a second term. That is the only way another Democrat might be able to pull ahead. The real problem, however, is that running another candidate might hand Trump the Presidency on a silver platter... something of which both Joe Biden and the Democrat party is well aware.


kallix1ede

Two party system, woohoo! 🎉


Yo_momma_so_fat77

Because there were other people who tried to run. Look up Marianne Williamson. She would have done wonders for our country but the people higher up who control the media (news etc) are paid millions by big corps for their own agendas. I really wish people could see it. I think her introduction to the people was a good start. I would hope by next election she has an actual chance . She did get over half million votes in pre elections


Ziggem

Said orange clown is also an adjudicated rapist and a convicted felon


Daisuke322

Rapist? What? I know the felony thing but here's the evidence for the first claim?


goatmastermax

He was held liable for rape in a civil suit, so not a convicted rapist, but liable for rape sooo


Ziggem

Thats why i said adjudicated rapist


hellothere358

What do you mean “slightly”? Did you even watch the debate?


[deleted]

So why don’t someone else run for USA President?


Rory_Moon

There are other people running. The two party system puts emphasis on just trump or biden, though. No matter how many people want a third guy, it's unlikely because of how set we are in voting, either red or blue, no matter the candidate.


SwirlyManager-11

The issue is, Economics. Both the Reds and Blues have Money backing each of their candidates. The closest third parties with any sort of influence is the Green Party and maby the Libertarians. The worst part too, if one of the Big Two like a policy one of the smaller parties have, there is nothing stopping them from including that policy into their own party, thus rendering the smaller party essentially redundant. The system that had naturally evolved in our country basically prevents any sort of Zero-To-Hero stories in terms of politics. There will be no little guy!


SpreadEmu127332

I don’t think either are better than the other.


No-Island-6126

America is not a democracy, change my mind. It's very funny to watch from the outside though.


LastData7230

The US ceased being a democracy long ago, it’s now a fascistic oligarchy. I’d say you’re completely right.


CupNoodow

Half of all voters do not care if Trump or Biden win the debate/s. Half of all voters already have casted their votes mentally even if one did better than the other. This election is more about cabinet members than anything else. IMO, Biden probably has a better staff and cabinet than Trump and has been better at working out deals in a polarized congress.


Pretty_Marketing_538

Its incredible that Teenagers see it, and adult people in both parties who choose them dont.


Liaam2324_imback

Ww3 depends in this debate


herefromyoutube

Democracy*


Drag0n647

Also true


Daisuke322

seeing as we are very well on our way at the moment, i'd disagree...


Daisuke322

wasnt trump supposed to uher in WW3 the first time?


yummy_soviet_onions

Washington would not be happy right now


imnotfocused

l george washington is rolling in his grave seeing this 2 party system, involvement in NATO, the obvious bias towards countries in war rn, etc. poor george washington.


Alternative_Work5296

You act like the 2 party system is forced, it’s not a big player because of us WE THE PEOPLE. We DO NOT VOTE FOR IT. Use your head for a second


imnotfocused

what? we have a two party system. that’s one of the major things washington spoke against. why are you so offended? i didn’t say anything beyond that… take a deep breath.


yummy_soviet_onions

They’re a liberal 


Alternative_Work5296

Yes we have that system BECAUSE OF US WE THE PEOPLE


imnotfocused

are the parasites telling you to say this?


Alternative_Work5296

WE CHOSE TO HAVE A 2 PARTY SYSTEM WHAT ARE YOU COMPLAINING ABOIT


imnotfocused

tell the parasites to be quiet


Alternative_Work5296

George Washington wanted us to control the government we do we CHOSE the 2 party system think before you speak


Alternative_Work5296

Like you say George Washington wouldn’t have wanted a 2 part system which just isn’t true he wanted us to be able to have the right to change that and also have the right to not change that you don’t even know why a 2 party system is bad you just repeat what you see on tik tok


imnotfocused

you’re making me chuckle


imnotfocused

i’ve never seen someone who tried to argue this much for no reason😭😭 go to bed


Alternative_Work5296

Almost like you don’t know what your talking about how crazy


Alternative_Work5296

You can’t explain why it’s bad you just complain about it because you saw it was bad on tt why can you vote


Alternative_Work5296

Only joke here is how you forgot to make your character match your actual weight


Alternative_Work5296

And no it wasn’t something he spoke against again your just hearing it off tik tok and assuming it’s right


imnotfocused

are you okay?


Alternative_Work5296

Oh so you don’t know anything your just spewing what you were told do everyone a favor and don’t vote


imnotfocused

if needed the number for the mental health hotline is +1-866-903-3787


Alternative_Work5296

Where’s the number that provided the evidence you based your claim off of?


Alternative_Work5296

Like was this supposed to be funny


imnotfocused

no, i’m concerned for your mental wellbeing, and you should be too❤️


FNameriKKKa666

Those guys are in absolute shambles and disgraced


Crate-Of-Loot

itll be fine 2028


FreshieBoomBoom

Will it? Only one of them will be locked out from running 2028. The other candidate will likely run...


spaghettihax763

Whoever else runs in '28 will also just be another old, slow candidate probably


Crate-Of-Loot

doubt either of them have another 4 years in them


SuperBroy97

ok banana man 


Proper-Language1320

Biden or Trump are gonna die during their terms I feel it


Ok-Palpitation-4297

If the world was sane, it would be DeSantis vs Newson but we have to pick two octogenarians.


ChargeWooden1036

As a Floridian, you do not want DeSantis. This man would turn the country into a facist dictatorship, he’s already doing it here in Florida


H4LL0W_G4M3Z

Politics in a nutshell: Bad vs. Worse


JoeTrolls

As a non American this is so entertaining


Gesture29

lol wtf Biden is clearly the worst choice ever. He couldn’t even get his words out last night and was stumbling. Answering questions he wasn’t even asked


ConfusedCollegeSimp

No matter who wins the US is cooked. CHARRED


dumbblobbo

BROILED


stardreamer_111

BURNED TO A CRISP


[deleted]

I haven’t been a teenager for…a long ass time. I totally agree with you. It’s disgraceful.


Transgirlceleste

Free entertainment ig


Global-Noise-3739

EXACTLY


mistyyybrooke

just watched part of the debate. dislike both but i do have a preference


Yoichis_husband2322

Every day I get more into US politics I start to think more it is just a richer and more important Brazil. Like, really, the situation is so similar.


No-Maybe-1498

I say give them both a McDonald’s sprite and whoever finishes it first, should be the president tbh


Regular_Committee911

That seems like something trump has with his Big Mac every day


herefromyoutube

Well 18 to 25 years are the least likely to vote so maybe IDK get your friends to vote. Vote EVERY YEAR and PRIMARIES too. Make a day of it. Tell your phone to remind you when to register and remind you the day before so you aren’t caught off guard. Bring your friends if there will be a line like they are in a lot of poor areas. There is ALWAYS something to vote on and protest votes don’t do a damn thing. If the worse candidate gets elected your protest vote means nothing.


Daisuke322

voting age should be raised to 21 tbh(25 in my personal opinion because the brain is generally done developing)


PersimmonHater69

If you have the right to work and do taxes, u have the right to vote. Also let's not increase the voting age, otherwise we're left with 50/60+ year old fucks who think they know it all and butcher this country because "young ppl are lazy"


Daisuke322

i mean taxes aren't a right, but i can see your reasoning


PersimmonHater69

Taxes are a responsibility, if you have that responsibility, nobody can tell you that you have no say in politics


[deleted]

I said that last time...


Brolol3928

The whole debate was just a comedy special. You loose IQ points if you take it seriously


MichiganRedWing

Lose*


ReReReverie

you guys are screwed. youre candidates are always senile. why is no one like obama stepping up? pike obama was young, young enough to think clearly


DrinkDontNeedNoMix

I'm not familiar with the Obama fish. is it good eating? Is fish and game going to be on me if I try to get it mounted?


Regular_Committee911

Obama isn’t able to run again, he’s already had two terms.


ReReReverie

Somebody like Obama. Wasn't he like young?


Regular_Committee911

Oh, sorry. Didn’t see the part where it said like. I agree with you.


ChargeWooden1036

Simply put, both parties don’t want to. They already have a face of the party and are sticking with that.


bransiladams

Enough false equivalence. Joe is old af but there is no comparing who is better for democracy, for us as individuals, for the planet, for the people on the planet - generally. Trump is a piece of shit grifter criminal who cares only about saving his own ass from prison time. These two people are not comparable, beyond their age and their abilities related to age.


Nathaniel-Prime

Friendly reminder that ALL of *our* futures depend entirely on these two old men.


[deleted]

Nah


Saucespreader

Im telling you, its bad. we have a choice between really bad & really awful… Im voting kennedy, dont care what anyone says


Regular_Committee911

As an American I’d pick him if I could, (under 18 so I can’t vote), but now Im having second thoughts because a football player won’t be his running mate. Guess I’d vote for Biden now.


Daisuke322

you're gonna get so much hate for voting 3rd party or not the 2. but I support and commend you for not bein ga sheeo


No_Helicopter_9826

Vote for someone else.


[deleted]

my english teacher who was from the US and came to france to teach told me something once that I think about a lot "in the US they basically have two right wing parties and they still think they have a choice"


Ok_Sherbert_1890

We all lost the debate last night. Nobody won


TemChezReal

Dementia patient 0 vs talking fried cheeto


Ok_Ad_5015

You know what’s disgraceful and embarrassing AF. Voting for a Candidate that was suffering clear signs of age related dementia during his candidacy, and then continuing to support him as President as his dementia became worse and worse There’s only one thing more disgraceful than that, and that is the people that are still planning on voting for Biden in November


hotcoldman42

Trump is very fast at being stupid, Biden is very slow at being smart.


ShibaDoge42069

Nah, only one is slow.


SuperJman1111

I heard a few minutes of the debate All I heard was Trump not responding to the question and rambling about how Nancy Pelosi was responsible for Jan 6th and how he did nothing wrong, and Biden saying that all that was a lie So basically them arguing over stupid stuff completely unrelated to the question 


Daisuke322

jan 6 is stupid and completely unrelated to an ELECTION debate???? please explain the rational behind this train of thought?


SuperJman1111

It was relevant to the debate yes, but not the question, I’m pretty sure the question was something about how he would get voters to vote for him, and his answer was just rambling about the status of the Mexican border and how he didn’t commit any of the crimes he was convicted of


bransiladams

Enough false equivalence. Joe is old af but there is no comparing who is better for democracy, for us as individuals, for the planet, for the people on the planet - generally. Trump is a piece of shit grifter criminal who cares only about saving his own ass from prison time. These two people are not comparable, beyond their age and their abilities related to age.


Alansalot

Bernie Sanders is America's only hope


AnthonySouthWest

he’s 82 bro


Doggoska

https://youtube.com/shorts/jlOnf2r3rkg?si=_qKklZHJjG0_eZ2S Still sharp as a nail tho


Hairy_Candidate7371

They might be old but their administrations isn't so vote for that.


Beneficial_Cry2061

FDR served four terms.


dumbblobbo

yeah but FDR was good


DrinkDontNeedNoMix

But he lied to the whole country about being a cripple. Not to mention he's single-handedly started the welfare state in this country. Which we are reaping the benefits of now.


Drag0n647

Want some anarchists?


dumbblobbo

nope


Daisuke322

yes actually


Bartlomiej25

Every country gets a president it deserves they say….


FNameriKKKa666

🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💩💯💯💯💯💯💯


trulylost19

It’s not their age it’s them as people


AduroTri

Just like Trump vs Hillary.


GravityRusher12

One day there will be a gamer president and I live in fear


Comfortable-Ad6184

I know it’s hard to see, especially after this debate, but Trump is a huge threat. Regardless of what you think of Biden at least he will not tear the country apart to remain in power


MediocreCampaign-

Missed our chance with Vivek


0xstyle

Therealdebate.com


EpicMeme13

The reason it is so bad is that so few people, especially young people, participate in primaries, which are where the candidates come from.


z3in-23

Now y'all understand our country's pain of not knowing who to vote for coz every candidate is shit 😑


KarlaSofen234

only 1 of them is working on getting my student loan cleaned & my OT pay cleared, so Im not picking 4 the rich guy with a literal gold toilet


Accomplished-Bear357

Pay your own debts off. Nobody forced you to get a loan.


asafpeer2005

Away from this subreddit with your politics


Top_Page5887

Change it. You don't have to make the same mistakes us millennials did.


Daisuke322

they are literally given the same information and propaganda as millenials, how are they going to be any different?


gnvffbbd

Taxing rich business owners heavily will not help to create jobs. Out with Biden.


Vinyl_CD

We need upper age limits in this country m


[deleted]

#trump2024


Total_Contact9118

Both are old and slow, but you shouldn't be looking at the theatrics of debating and news, and instead focus on track record of policy, both have served a term so we can compare and contrast, look at the difference between the failings of policies and success of policies and the direction each administration is pushing us, remember, president is one man, and his biggest Jon is hiring the right people in his administration to get he work done, and there is a very large, very clear difference in the two.


FUCKTHE-NCR

It's just an altsimers idk how spell it patient and an oompa loompa who's commuted a felony


haeru_mizuki

They should reinforce retirement age on politicians imo, tired of these old orange men who look like they saw dinosaurs die trying to become president.


MuddyWheelsBand

We are snow-bound in a mountain cabin and essentially choosing between Liar Liar and Weekend At Bernie's.


prabhavdab

Don't you guys have NOTA or something similar?? Make the parties change candidates if both are shit


Tydeeeee

I can't imagine wtf Putin must be thinking watching the debate


RetroGameQuest

Morally inept vs mentally inept.


Fluffy9345

Yeah. Everyone is arguing over who one who else. But I think we all know we are the real losers. We are fucked


zen435435

I think it shows very well how 1 person should not hold that much power.


HalfPositive1177

Solution vote for me


Mike_856

Agree. it is not true that there are no normal, max 40-year-old politicians in the USA, only these old men


ozzie510

Botox works wonders, doesn't it?


ORoutdoors

I think if your older then the average lifespan of an American citizen that you should not be allowed in politics anymore


Outrageous-Jicama228

It’s a lying felon and fascist whose victory means America’s defeat, vs An artifact that is so old that the British museum won’t take, partially because it stutters all the time. We need Biden to prevent Trump from getting into office but honestly Biden is just so old now


Alternative_Work5296

Biden isn’t a liar? You really gonna claim that? And Biden raised and protected his son from higher courts (a felon) you don’t know why trump was bad you just repeat what your told


Regular_Committee911

I’m not the person you’re responding to but I agree with everything they said and I can confirm: I know damn well why trump was bad. I’m sorry, but if there are 34 unanimous charges against someone, there may be something bad them.


[deleted]

Uh oh…now we’re talking about politics :( save us all


ScoopityWoop89

I’d rather have a man with memory problems and speaking problems than a convicted convict, liar and cheater and said he’s GOING TO BE A DICTATOR but only for day so it’s fine


jagerdatranswolf1316

Were fucked either way. trump will fuck us more. lgbtq ppl will be targeted, women who got raped wont be able to get meds, the us goverment will be fucked, the earth will be fucked, ect


Ancient_Scholar_7158

I don’t care, but todays kids (gen z) barely knows what being depressed or having anxiety is. Scrolling on TikTok and adopting it as your personality doesn’t count. Maybe if you saw more than the news headlines of what trump wants to do you’d see what he wants to accomplish. Also I’m gen z lol