Key takeaways from first US presidential debate

Key takeaways from first US presidential debate
US President Joe Biden, stage right, and Republican presidential candidate former president Donald Trump, stage left, take part in a presidential debate (Gerald Herbert/AP)

Thursday’s US presidential debate was a re-run that featured two candidates with a combined age of 159, but it went especially poorly for one of them, President Joe Biden.

Already fighting voter concerns about his age, Mr Biden, 81, was halting and seemed to lose his train of thought, sparking concerns among Democrats about the man they hope will keep former president Donald Trump from returning to office.

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