I received the above text from Trump this morning.

I have watched all presidential debates since the Jimmy Carter years. Last night’s debate was the very worst one I have ever seen.

I am proud of my country, but after last night’s performance I am embarrassed for our country, not because “they don’t have any respect for us” as Trump spouted last night, but because out of 330 million people in the United States, THIS IS THE BEST we can come up with for two people for president? It is an abomination.

Trump was Trump. He does rallies all the time, where he spouts nonsense, gibberish, incoherent word salad, with no real objective other than hear himself talk. Last night’s debate was another Trump rally, this time with a gigantic, world-wide audience. Yes, thanks CNN for giving him this opportunity. Trump didn’t gain any voters last night. He didn’t answer any questions. He lied and misrepresented reality all night long. He insulted large swaths of people, me, an immigrant, included. Biden should have made short work of Trump last night.

Biden wasn’t Biden. This was arguably Biden’s most important 90 minutes of his career. Trump is a conman and an impostor. He has no agenda, other than enrich and glorify himself. That was obvious. Biden’s job was to show that. It should have been easy. But he could not handle it. I was dismayed within the first two minutes. I was afraid he might start to cry. He as a feeble, senile man desperately trying to hold his own. But he was obviously not up to the job. He came apart in front of the nation. Where was the Biden of the last state of the union address?

Out of 330 million people, these are our choices. Biden gets an F- from me for his performance last night. I myself could have done better. I could have walked up on that stage in my Birkenstocks, jeans and T-shirt and took care of Trump. All I needed to do is ten “table-topics.” For those of you who do not know the Toastmasters International program: A “table-topic” is a two-minute speech you give extemporaneously, without any preparation, without notes, and without knowing what the topic is going to be. Last night was basically ten table-topics, and I would have done just fine.

I would have answered every question the moderators asked. Even though I am not a politician, I know enough about the immigration crisis, the border, the pandemic, economics, taxes, and inflation that I could have given coherent answers in full sentences, with an introduction, a body and a conclusion, using up my 120 seconds. In the rebuttals I would have simply pointed out Trump’s hyperbolic distractions or outright lies and corrected the facts. Maybe I would not have scored A+, but I am sure I could have been in the B range. I am sure that there are another 10 million other Americans who could have done just as well as I would have.

President Biden is not up to the job anymore. In the most important 90 minutes of his career he could not perform. I do not trust him to handle Xi or Putin. I do not trust him in another debate with Trump. His senility is obvious. The emperor has no clothes.

Obama would have made mincemeat out of Trump. Pete Buttigieg would have eaten Trump alive. Go and watch some Buttigieg YouTube videos and observe how sharp and quick that man is. Gavin Newsom or Kamala Harris would have been orders of magnitudes more effective than Biden.

Instead, we got to watch in horror how Trump wiped the floor with Joe Biden last night.

What do we do now?