'It was crushing': Diplomats around the world left dismayed by presidential debate

President Joe Biden’s debate with former President Donald Trump was appointment viewing for diplomats and officials around the world, to their dismay.

“I woke up at 4 in the morning, Ukrainian time, specifically to watch because, you know, it’s not about elections only in the United States. It’s about [the] election of the most powerful person, on whom the fate of Ukraine also depends,” Ukraine’s foreign affairs chairman, Oleksandr Merezhko, told the Washington Examiner. “It was crushing.”