I didn’t see the whole press conference with Old Joe but I did hear a few parts. From what I heard, he didn’t do himself much damage. On the other hand, I didn’t see as he helped himself either. If he is going to hold on, he is going to need to a much better performance, and that is ignoring calling Trump his VP.
However the one thing I am concentrating on is that it took him about two weeks to prepare. On the other hand, if Trump were to hold a press conference, it would be the next day, if not the same day. Trump does not need a big team to prepare him asking practice questions. Old Joe needs a lot of practice, a big team and a lot of rest.
I don’t know about you, but I would not consider this a real “big boy” press conference. If it had been Trump, he would have had to field far more difficult questions and more of them.
One more quick note, the press would not have treated Trump nearly as well as Old Joe and Trump would have still looked far better.
Looks like quite a difference to me.