Biden has a 'secret advantage' in upcoming debate – and Trump knows it: ex-senator

The first presidential debate is less than a week away, and MSNBC's Claire McCaskill urged President Joe Biden to come out swinging.

Donald Trump and his Republican allies have set expectations low for the president by constantly suggesting that Biden suffers from age-related mental problems, and the "Morning Joe" contributor said the presumptive Republican presidential nominee seems to realize that may pose a problem for him in the post-debate analysis.

"If you are into presidential politics, this is the Super Bowl on steroids – it is a big deal," McCaskill said. "Now I do think that Biden has a secret advantage – it's not secret, though. That is that Donald Trump has been saying for months he can't even walk or talk. There have never been expectations set as lowly as the expectations or lower – the expectations that have been set for Biden. You know, in fact, even Trump realizes he's got a problem because I think he said the other day on a podcast that Biden is a worthy debater which, of course, is, like, what? I thought that this is the guy who can't function."

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"I do think that if Biden comes out and is aggressive, what he says is not as important as how he says, it and he's got to be a street fighter, but he's comfortable doing that," McCaskill added. "He is comfortable, he's, you know, scrappy Joe from Scranton, [who] can come out and throw haymakers because deep down or maybe not so deep down he doesn't respect Trump, and he will have no problem, I think, going after him with hammer and tongs, and that's what he's got to do."

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