{"id":83031,"date":"2024-06-28T04:44:17","date_gmt":"2024-06-28T04:44:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/28\/friday-briefing-15\/"},"modified":"2024-06-28T04:44:17","modified_gmt":"2024-06-28T04:44:17","slug":"friday-briefing-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/06\/28\/friday-briefing-15\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday Briefing"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1050\" height=\"550\" src=\"https:\/\/i3.wp.com\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2024\/06\/28\/multimedia\/28ambriefing-europe-nl-pzft\/28ambriefing-europe-nl-pzft-facebookJumbo-v2.jpg?fit=1050,550&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"Friday Briefing\" title=\"Friday Briefing\" \/><\/div><p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<h2 class=\"css-13o6u42 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-314f65ea\">In the first 2024 debate, Biden struggled and Trump blustered<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Former President <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2024\/06\/27\/us\/biden-trump-debate\" title=\"\">Donald Trump repeatedly attacked a disjointed President Biden<\/a> during the first debate of the 2024 presidential campaign yesterday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Trump, 78, spoke clearly and forcefully, assailing Biden\u2019s record, making wild assertions and lying repeatedly. Many of Trump\u2019s claims have become campaign trail staples, like the counterfactual that there would be no war in Ukraine if he were in the White House or the false claim that the Justice Department was involved in the state cases against him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Trump criticized Biden for fostering \u201cBiden migrant crime\u201d with his border policy and for corruption, among other things. Biden went after Trump for threatening to pull the U.S. out of NATO and not respecting veterans, but stumbled when he tried to draw a contrast with Trump on abortion<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Biden also exaggerated some issues, like how much Trump\u2019s tariff plan for most imported goods would cost U.S. citizens. Here is our <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2024\/06\/27\/us\/biden-trump-debate-fact-check\" title=\"\">fact check of the candidates\u2019 claims<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">President Biden, 81, who entered the debate hoping to reassure voters concerned about his age, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/06\/27\/us\/politics\/biden-debate-performance.html?smid=url-share\" title=\"\">mostly spoke in a soft rasp<\/a>, with a quavering delivery that was at times hard to decipher. He rambled, and often seemed to lose his train of thought \u2014 at one point Trump said, \u201cI really don\u2019t know what he said at the end of that sentence. I don\u2019t think he knows what he said, either.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Biden\u2019s campaign later said that he had a cold, but his performance seemed likely to exacerbate worries about his fitness for the job.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Trump\u2019s supporters quickly <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/live\/2024\/06\/27\/us\/biden-trump-debate\/biden-hoarse-debate-raspy-voice?smid=url-share\" title=\"\">claimed a victory<\/a>, while many <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/06\/27\/us\/politics\/biden-debate-democrats.html\" title=\"\">Democrats began wringing their hands<\/a> minutes into the debate. Here is a <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/06\/27\/us\/politics\/biden-trump-debate-who-won.html\" title=\"\">sample of reactions<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">It got very personal:<\/strong> Biden called Trump a \u201csucker\u201d and a \u201closer,\u201d and compared him to an \u201calley cat\u201d for his alleged infidelity with a porn star. Trump called Biden a \u201cweak\u201d president whom global leaders were \u201claughing\u201d at.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Quotable:<\/strong> \u201cIt was a really disappointing debate performance from Joe Biden,\u201d Kate Bedingfield, Biden\u2019s former White House communications director, said on CNN. \u201cI don\u2019t think there\u2019s any other way to slice it. His biggest issue was to prove to the American people that he had the energy, the stamina \u2014 and he didn\u2019t do that.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<h2 class=\"css-13o6u42 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-3398dd66\">As Macron rolls the dice, France holds its breath<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Emmanuel Macron, the president of France, shocked his nation when he dissolved Parliament and called for a snap election after his party was trounced by the far right during European elections. On Sunday, voters head to the polls for the first round of voting.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">For insight, I spoke with Roger Cohen, The Times\u2019s Paris bureau chief.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">What\u2019s at stake?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Roger:<\/strong> Well, President Macron has taken a huge gamble. The immediate possibility is that the far-right National Rally could win a majority, or even an absolute majority, in the national Parliament. That would represent the end of a postwar absolute taboo in France against the far right attaining the highest offices of government.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Why would Macron call this vote after he was beaten soundly in the E.U. parliamentary elections?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Some think he may be calculating that if the National Rally enters government now, the party will be discredited by the 2027 presidential elections, because it\u2019s much more difficult to govern than to rail from outside the gates of power.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">Do you think it\u2019s a sound strategy?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">No. I think, first of all, it\u2019s unnecessary. Second of all, it\u2019s extremely high risk. Third of all, the Olympics are about to start in less than three weeks, and all eyes will be on France. Fourth, it raises the possibility, if the far right does win, of violence in the streets, of protest, of chaos. So the question is: Is the president really ready for France to present an image of chaos when the Olympics begin?<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Now, none of that may happen. But was it wise? Was it prudent? Was it rational? I don\u2019t really think it was.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">What do the French people think about this?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The general atmosphere here is one of consternation, bewilderment and tension, now mostly beneath the surface, with fears of violent demonstrations if the far right wins big.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">What do you think is likely to happen?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">I think the most likely outcome is a National Rally victory \u2014 with maybe a 20 percent chance that they win an absolute majority. But more likely they\u2019ll just be by far the biggest party. Macron then faces a Parliament dominated by the National Rally, with a large far-left presence, and with his party and his relative power in Parliament much reduced.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">For more on the French elections:<\/strong><\/p>\n<hr class=\"css-7ad88g e1mu4ftr0\"\/><\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<h2 class=\"css-13o6u42 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-21b04695\">Iran\u2019s lackluster presidential election<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Iran is holding a special election today to replace President Ebrahim Raisi, who was killed last month. Voters are showing <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/06\/27\/world\/middleeast\/iran-presidential-election.html\" title=\"\">little enthusiasm<\/a> for any of the six candidates, and even people who said they would vote in this election have little faith that their lives would improve.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"css-1uuxri4 e1gnsphs0\" id=\"link-55bd377a\"><span><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">MORE TOP NEWS<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In a warming planet, atoll nations like the Maldives were expected to vanish beneath the rising waves. But my colleague Raymond Zhong reports that scientists have begun to see something shocking: <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2024\/06\/26\/climate\/maldives-islands-climate-change.html\" title=\"\">Some of these islands are growing<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"css-1uuxri4 e1gnsphs0\" id=\"link-286d948a\"><span><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">CONVERSATION STARTERS<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 class=\"css-1uuxri4 e1gnsphs0\" id=\"link-61b76e56\"><span><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">ARTS AND IDEAS<\/strong> <\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div>\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<h2 class=\"css-13o6u42 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-53872972\">When I was 30<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In honor of Pride Month, 30 L.G.B.T.Q. artists, ranging in age from 34 to 93, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/interactive\/2024\/06\/27\/t-magazine\/lgbtq-queer-artists-pride.html\" title=\"\">shared a memory of their 30th year<\/a> with my colleagues at T: The Times Style Magazine.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Their responses constitute a chronology, a group portrait and a multivalent gay history stretching from almost a decade before Stonewall to 2024.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"css-1uuxri4 e1gnsphs0\" id=\"link-705d9918\"><span><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">RECOMMENDATIONS<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/06\/28\/briefing\/trump-biden-debate-france-election.html\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the first 2024 debate, Biden struggled and Trump blustered Former President Donald Trump repeatedly attacked a disjointed President Biden during the first debate of the 2024 presidential campaign yesterday. 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