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At 11:30 p.m. on June 27, 2024, President Joe Biden exited the stage. It was the low point of a 50-year-plus career that seemingly and mysteriously always seemed to have an upward trajectory. Biden admitted he had “screwed up” the debate, but this performance wasn’t a one-off in terms of cognitive ability, or lack thereof.