How the worldwide media reacted to the presidential debate

China’s CGTN, the English-language service of state-run China International Tv Community, mentioned: “Biden began hesitantly and Trump answered steadily in a halting conflict.” Accusations of lies and that every of them was the worst ever U.S. president, had been rife, the outlet mentioned.

In the meantime, the South China Morning Post mentioned the 2 “offered starkly totally different visions for America’s place on the earth,” and that it was a “high-stakes debate.” Earlier than it kicked off, China’s state-backed tabloid Global Times mentioned it was anticipated to be “like a actuality present.”

The Times of India led its story with issues from Democrats about Biden’s efficiency, with the headline studying: “‘We’re f***ed’: Democrats in full-blown panic over Joe Biden’s debate efficiency.” Biden delivered a “delivered a shaky, halting efficiency,” it mentioned, whereas “Trump battered him with a sequence of typically false assaults.”

Elsewhere, India Today mentioned Biden “stammered and fumbled” a number of occasions, whereas describing Trump’s efficiency as “forceful and aggressive.”

Within the U.Okay., the Guardian pointed to points with each Biden and Trump on the debate, headlining its story: “Biden struggles to land traces as Trump lies in first presidential debate.” A lot of Trump’s replies to easy questions had little to do with the subject at hand, the paper mentioned, and he made frequent false claims which weren’t fact-checked by the moderators. Biden, in the meantime, “steadily struggled to finish his ideas.”

The Times of London mentioned Biden’s re-election marketing campaign was “plunged into disaster” following the talk and that the present President’s responses to questions had been “meandering and muddled,” whereas Trump’s had been “extra assured and disciplined.”

In the meantime, the BBC prompt Biden struggled with Trump’s assaults, titling its stay weblog of the talk: “Biden stumbles in first presidential debate as Trump avoids key questions.” Biden struggled repeatedly and Trump repeated falsehoods, it mentioned, including that the talk was “marked by private assaults.”

Germany’s broadcaster ZDF described the talk as “extra civilized” however “extra charged” than in 2020, including that Trump had a greater begin, however Biden caught up in a while, in line with a CNBC translation. At first, Biden didn’t seem very agile and hesitated, it mentioned, however added that his tone was “considerably surprisingly” as aggressive and sharp as Trump’s.

On particular person subjects, Biden had “clear phrases” for Trump when it got here to abortion, however issues received “uncomfortable” for him when it got here to immigration — whereas Trump tried to dodge questions in regards to the January 2021 Capitol Hill riot.

Sueddeutsche Zeitung, in the meantime, titled one in every of its tales: “Joe Biden’s unhealthy night,” saying that though his solutions had extra substance than Trump’s, Biden’s verbal stumbling raised issues. In another story, the newspaper summarized the talk: “Biden disgraces himself, Trump wastes his likelihood, however the true losers of the primary TV debate within the U.S. election campaigns are the Individuals.”

English-language French information group France24 led its headline on the talk with: “Biden stumbles, Trump lies.” Biden’s efficiency was “uneven,” whereas Trump “rattled off a sequence of assaults that included quite a few falsehoods.”

Additionally in France, Le Monde described Biden as “faltering” and Trump as “forceful.” Biden was “typically halting” however repeatedly tried to confront Trump, who it mentioned was “bombastic.” General, it characterised the talk as “fiery.”

CNBC has contacted the workplace of Donald Trump and the Democratic Occasion for touch upon the worldwide response to the talk.