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Members of the Democratic Party elite melt down over Biden's ability to defeat Trump -- not his leadership of a bipartisan agenda fueling carnage in Ukraine and Gaza.

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President Biden’s shambolic debate performance against Donald Trump has sent elements of the Democratic Party establishment into a panic. After long dismissing concerns about Biden’s cognitive decline, party donors and media pundits are now fulminating over his capacity to defeat Trump in November.

While suddenly doubting Biden’s suitability as a candidate for an election months away, the Beltway has yet to question his suitability for the job he currently he holds: commander-in-chief of the world’s top superpower and its vast nuclear arsenal.

Biden’s deficiencies would be dangerous even under peaceful circumstances. Yet he now finds himself overseeing – and fueling – two devastating and increasingly dangerous military crises.

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