After the first US presidential debatesAmbassador of Mexico Marta Barcena and Doctor of International Law Daniel Zovatto agree with three points of observation: democrat Joe Biden turned out to be weakRepublican Donald Trump outright lied and it is possible that the current tenant will eventually The White House four months before the election November.

Bárcena and Zovatto They raise the tone of the speech on a disjointed evening when the disparity between the contenders was more than evident: American democracy does not deserve this pair of options at a crucial moment in geopolitics: one was unable to weave a coherent speech; the other is a hardened liar.

During the program “Aristegui Live”, experts shared their notebooks. The notes varied on details; In fact, they gave the same marks in the competition: Biden lost by decision of judges.

“This debate could be defining in many ways,” said Bárcena, who until 2021 was Ambassador of Mexico to Washington.

After what happened last night, he added, the pressure on Biden to reject the nomination is “much greater.” The democrat’s actions left much to be desired. “He had to demonstrate the fortitude that he could govern with full mental and physical capacity for the next four years and unfortunately that was not evident in the debate yesterday. It was dramatic“.

Bárcena, how millions of viewers who followed the signal cnn, the network that hosted the evening, asked a recurring question for weeks: “A country of over 300 million people, with so much talent, is this pair of characters, now elderly, the best you have to offer to be president?” Career diplomat (since 1979) viewed pages mail and from Time share that several opinion pieces in these newspapers have already made their position on the crisis within the Democratic Party clear: Biden must refuse.

Although Biden looked weak in front of the cameras, Barcena notices Trump’s powerbut without going out of fashion: “spin lie after lie”.

Zovatto –regional director for Latin America and the Caribbean at the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance– described the debate as unprecedented.

Biden should not have gone; last night there was panic among Democrats, he noted. “The situation in the party is extremely difficult; there are four months left, but we need to at least make adjustments to the election campaign and convince him that he is not in a position to go to the polls.”

He member Advisory Board of the Latin American Program of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars He pointed out, without half-measures, “what a pity it is that what was last night considered the best democracy in the world is losing this category: a superpower not doing the job it needs to do: Poor America! He doesn’t deserve both options. The big challenge this political tradition faces is the renewal of its leadership.”

Barcelona:

“There are serious problems in American democracy. If we go deeper, we have to ask ourselves: how is it possible that there are members of Congress who extend their term until they are eighty years old? The fact is that American democracy is in crisis. It is a generational crisis that I thought would be resolved in the 2028 elections, but yesterday’s debate only seemed to deepen the upheaval of the political system. The allies in international strategy are also very concerned about what is happening in the United States: it was incredible to see them arguing about which of the two has the better golf handicap!”

Zovatto, noting that Biden had shown unfortunate behavior:

“Let us remember that this debate is unprecedented because, unlike other years, it was held in June and not in September and October as usual.” Beyond the analysis, he stressed, it became clear that the United States was not up to the task of solving international problems in the midst of a crisis. military conflict between Russia and Ukraine; increasingly heated relations between China and Taiwan, unrest in the Middle East between Israel and the terrorist group Hamas And rise of authoritarian regimes and populism in different regions of the planet: “some cannot serve them because of their physical limitations, others because of ethical shortcomings.”