Simon Ateba is Chief White House Correspondent for Today News Africa. Simon covers President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, the U.S. government, the United Nations, the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and other financial and international institutions in Washington D.C. and New York City.
Joe Biden won the first presidential debate on Tuesday night amid countless interruptions by President Donald Trump who was supposed to change perceptions as he entered the debate stage trailing in the polls. However, in the end, President Trump came across as a bully, as chaotic, as disrespectful, and refused to categorically denounce white supremacists.