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George Stephanopoulos describes the former president Joe Biden As “tearing up close” following an interview between the two after a presidential debate of roller coaster.
Stephanopoulos sat with the president of the time, Biden in July of last year after a debate on June 27 aroused bipartite concerns about the president’s health and endurance. According to the book that has just been published Uncharted: How Trump beat Biden, Harris and the chances of the wildest countryside in history by Chris WhippleBiden’s campaign has set up Stephanopoulos to help calm the concerns about the physical form of Biden after the debate.
The interview did not go as planned. The concerns only increased and Stephanopoulos told TMZ shortly after the interview that the president of the time was not able to purge four years, a comment he regretted later.
Whipple called Biden “Rauque and semi-coherent” in the interview and said that Stephanopoulos questioned “like a grandson”.
“Stephanopoulos gently questioned the president, like a grandson,” he wrote.
The author sent an email to Stephanopoulos for his reaction and the anchor of News ABC called him “heartbreaking”.
“Thereafter, when I asked the anchor ABC by e-mail for his impressions, he replied:” Up close, “he wrote.
In their interview, Stephanopoulos questioned the president then on reports suggesting a mental drop.
“Are you the same man today you were when you took office three and a half years ago?” He asked.
“In terms of success, yes. I was also the guy who developed a peace plan for the Middle East who could materialize. I was also the guy who widened NATO. I was also the guy who developed the economy. All the individual things that were done were ideas where I accomplished, I realized”
The then president abandoned his candidacy for re -election on July 21, less than three weeks after the interview of Stephanopoulos.
