US President Joe Biden again called his debate against Republican opponent Donald Trump “a bad episode”, suggesting in an interview with ABC News today that his shaky performance was due to poor preparation, exhaustion and illness.
”No indication of any serious condition. I was exhausted. I didn’t listen to my instincts in terms of preparing and – and a bad night,” Biden, 81, told ABC News anchor George Stephanopoulos.
”I was feeling terrible,” said Biden, his voice hoarse and sometimes halting. “Matter of fact, the doc’s with me. I asked if they did a Covid test because they’re trying to figure out what was wrong. They did a test to see whether or not I had some infection, you know, a virus. I didn’t. I just had a really bad cold.”
He added it was no one else’s fault but his own and that he hadn’t rewatched his debate performance.
