This Is What Biden Should Not Do At Tonight's First Presidential Debate: Republican Strategist

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On "Forbes Newsroom," political strategist Adam Goodman spoke about what President Biden should not do at tonight's presidential debate.

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00:00So how do you think President Biden is preparing because he was the one to initially call the debate and then Donald Trump did

00:07agree rather swiftly. Right. I think Donald Trump even just said I want even more debates happened today. We'll see how he feels

00:14in the morning. I think that that the president has got to be careful of one thing. If I were to give him one advice one piece of

00:21advice. Do not take credit for things that people in America believe don't merit credit. At least not yet. And I start and go

00:31with by nomics. You know how he's been pushing by nomics and it's been a success. What he should say is simply look I came

00:38into office. A lot of things were coming against us. Covid in particular. We've started to turn the ship. We started back on

00:46that proverbial comeback trail. I'm very encouraged about where we're heading but we're not where we need to be yet versus it's

00:54all done. We've done a great job. Aren't you enjoying by nomics. He's if he does that or anything having to do with the southern

01:01border or the conflict in Gaza or situation with the Chinese the Russians etc. I think that people are not going to believe what he

01:10is saying or not want to feel that what he is saying is true. And yet to this point in this campaign it seems that this is by the

01:19way it's not just the Joe Biden. A lot of people in public office do the very same thing. They try to defend something that people

01:25feel is not completely defensible. If he doesn't cross that line and is more humble I think he could score points if he does what

01:34he's been doing. I think people are just going to shake their head and say we don't buy it.

01:39Low hanging fruit for President Biden is calling Trump a convicted felon. So A do you think he should do that. B how does Trump

01:48respond to that. Well you know Trump of course will take on the legal system at least the legal system as practiced in the court case

01:56in New York where the prosecutor or the judge everyone he's going to say or we're kind of in the bag to begin with. That's how he's

02:02going to deal with it. In terms of the president he will mention that. But if he dwells on that I think you know he has to worry

02:08about what are the comebacks. Hunter Biden. What do you do about him. And by the way that's a very uncomfortable place for Joe

02:17Biden to be not just as president but as a dad. How do you respond. And he's been talking about a little bit in the press. How do

02:24you respond to. Should your son go to jail.

02:27That's a great question. I mean how should he respond. Because if President Biden invokes Hunter Biden says wait your son's a

02:36convicted felon too. I mean a that is deeply personal. Hunter Biden's not running for president. We know Joe Biden as painted in the

02:44press as he said before is a loving father has deep love for his son. Had a response where he said I'm not going. I'm not going to

02:53pardon my son but I do love my son. I am proud of him. What is the response that President Biden should have in his back pocket if

03:00and probably when Hunter Biden's brought up. You just said it. You could have said it better. That is his response. It starts with

03:08being a dad. And if he just kind of let his hair down a little bit and just feel that moment and be a dad for 30 to 60 seconds I think

03:17American public will respond positively. You know look Joe what we've got is what you think about the legal aspects of that case

03:24against Hunter Biden. It seems like it's clear from all the evidence that we've seen in the public domain that he's guilty of the

03:31offense. It doesn't mean you don't have compassion for someone that obviously has struggled with drug addiction for a very very long

03:38time. And if if as dad he responds to that question I think again he could score points. And I think Donald Trump if I were advising

03:47the former president I would just let that be.

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