Expert on U.S. presidential debate: None of candidates said clearly how U.S. will support Ukraine

Andrij Dobriansky of the Ukrainian Congress Committee of America said this in a comment to Ukrinform, analyzing the debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump.

"We saw that President Biden had a cold, so he spoke quietly, and Trump defiantly uttered lies, as he did before - in the elections in 2016 and 2020," the expert said.

According to him, the Ukrainian issue was not clear during the debate. "Biden's supporters will probably accuse Trump of wanting to cooperate with Putin. The conversation about Ukraine was too short. I would like to hear more clearly from at least one candidate - how America will support Ukraine," Dobriansky said.

As for Biden, he did not express himself clearly and strongly on any issue, he was too soft in his wording, the expert added. And Trump "once again repeated the lie that as soon as he comes to power, peace will immediately come and he will fix everything very quickly," the expert said.

He also mentioned the ex-president's words that America allocated a lot of money to Ukraine, while Europe did not. "We also know that this is not true," he said.

According to Dobriansky, "Biden prepared too many numbers, but could not remember them." He should have spoken more emotionally about certain positions, rather than trying to recall numbers, the expert said. "This confused his thoughts. He clearly had a lot of information, but he didn't pass it on. He did not finish many sentences," the expert said.

But Biden called Putin a war criminal during the debate - "this is a big plus," he said.

Both spoke rather weakly about the fight against migration, health insurance, and abortions, Dobriansky said. "Biden had emotions only when it came to Trump's crimes. And also when he mentioned his late son who served in Iraq and the need to support veterans. Trump had previously spoken out against such support," the expert added.

According to Dobriansky, at first Trump seemed strong and ready for leadership. But when they remembered the crimes and mutiny on January 6, "he no longer looked the way he wanted."

The expert emphasized that it was still too early to hold such a debate. "No one thinks about voting in June. The issue of elections becomes relevant only in September. There aren't even official platforms yet, so what's there to debate about?" he said.