The following is an excerpt from Melvin Goodman’s article, Trump’s Debate: a Victory for Pathological Liars Everywhere. It first appeared in CounterPunch on July 1, 2024. Melvin is a long-standing member of Florida Veterans for Common Sense.

Donald J. Trump is a pathological liar and a political predator, and once he realized on the debate stage that neither President Joe Biden nor the feckless CNN moderators would offer any challenges to his lies or falsities, he went for the kill. Biden’s tired voice and overall pathetic performance undoubtedly earned him no support from fence sitters or independents, but it is unlikely that Trump’s braggadocio won him any new adherents. The MAGA minions are insufficient to return Trump to the White House, so now it is up to the Biden campaign to convince the American constituency that the president’s record and his overall decency are sufficient for reelection.

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