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Editorial: As America sank into the couch, Joe Biden and Donald Trump combined for a depressing farce. Enough

President Joe Biden and former President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump participate in the first presidential debate of the 2024 elections at CNN's studios in Atlanta, on June 27, 2024.

The two gnarly old men had been asked about the ballooning cost of child care, a nightmare for many young parents. In response, they bragged about their amateur golf games.

It was all awful, But if there was any moment that crystallized Thursday night’s presidential debate — showed that this has all gone too far and gave succor to this nation’s antagonists, laughing away in Moscow, Tehran and Pyongyang — here was that moment.

CNN had the chyron on the screen with the question asking something that mattered to many.

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