Citing Trump’s remarks about veterans, Biden said: “My son was not a sucker, he was not a loser. Mentioning Trump’s alleged sexual relationship with Stormy Daniels, Biden accused Trump of having “the morals of an alley cat,” which would surely have brought the house down at a debate between Dwight Eisenhower and Adlai Stevenson but did nothing to erase impressions that he’s too old in 2024. One result was that Biden’s favored campaign theme, Trump’s threat to democracy, didn’t come up until about 40 minutes into the debate, when Tapper asked Trump about the January 6 insurrection.