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In Defense of Biden and Trump
“There are people out there who believe Biden’s age isn’t an insurmountable problem—and that Trump is bang on about NATO.” (Photo by Mandel NGAN / AFP via Getty Images)
The presidential candidates have had a bad week. We steelman the case for both.
By Oliver Wiseman
02.15.24 — U.S. Politics
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Neither Joe Biden nor Donald Trump have had a great week. 

Recent headlines—about the president’s age (81), and his predecessor’s freewheeling approach to foreign policy (saying Russia should “do whatever the hell …

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Oliver Wiseman
Oliver Wiseman is the deputy editor of The Free Press. Previously, he was the executive editor of The Spectator World and a regular contributor to UnHerd, City Journal, the Evening Standard, and a range of other publications.
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