If a TV broadcaster lands an exclusive prime-time interview with a sitting president it has to do with more than luck. The White House only schedules such segments to get out a particular message.

And that was the case on Friday evening, when US President Joe Biden sat down with ABC News' George Stephanopoulos at 8 p.m., to quash the memory of his recent presidential debate with Donald Trump. Biden appeared weak and confused during the June 27 debate with Trump and was nearly impossible to understand at times. But Friday's interview did little to quiet critics who say the 81-year-old is simply too old for the job of president.

"President Biden certainly came across as more coherent in this interview but I doubt it will enable his campaign to turn the page on his recent debate performance," as political scientist Filippo Trevisan from the American University in Washington, D.C., told DW.

Other experts got the same impression. "The interview is unlikely to stop the bleeding from last month's debate," said Brandon Conradis, campaign editor at political news site The Hill and........

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