World reaction to US presidential debate: Mockery from China and Russia, concern from allies
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Foreign news outlets focused on President Biden's seeming frailty and Donald Trump's lack of direct answers to questions, with at least one major outlet referring to the debate as a "wreck."
"Every outlet, big and small, carries a piece describing what happened," Rebekah Koffler, a strategic military intelligence analyst and author of "Putin’s Playbook," told Fox News Digital. "Some have more than one. Most of them, if not all, are derogatory of both candidates and mocking America." Peter Aitken is a Fox News Digital reporter with a focus on national and global news.
"What [Russian President Vladimir] Putin is seeing is that the American Society is deeply fractured and consumed by its own problems," Koffler said. "Putin likely believes that Russia wins either way, no matter who wins, because he expects the U.S. to plunge into chaos in the aftermath of the elections, because the country is so divided and polarized."
"Bottom line, Moscow feels confident that the societal crisis that has engulfed the U.S. is good for Russia," she added.