Trump initiated it, but Welker’s response to Joe was priceless. it ended Biden’s run for the presidency, as I see it:
VIDEO: 22 Oct: Mediaite: Trump Lock Horns as Ex-Veep Says ‘I Would Transition’ America From the Oil Industry
by Ken Meyer
Near the end of the debate, President Donald Trump overran NBC’s Kristen Welker in order to ask Biden “would you close down the oil industry.”
***“I would transition from the oil industry,” Biden answered, which Trump pronounced a “big statement” as Welker asked “WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT?”...
https://www.mediaite.com/tv/biden-trump-lock-horns-as-ex-veep-says-i-would-transition-america-from-the-oil-industry/
I kind of which Trump had countered with something like this: "Every time I quote Joe, he says I took him out of context. The only context I'm thinking about is the context of what's good for America and the American people. I don't know what context Joe thinks will make his ideas sound sensible."
Yeah, even Welker realized Biden had just made a screw up of epic proportions that could very well cost him the election. She opened the door wide and tried to give him an out to save himself by saying he misspoke, but Biden instead doubled down.
There was a story one of the Fox News anchors tweeted about how at the moment that exchange occurred, one of the NBC staffers in the shared press room facepalmed and turned toward one of the other staffers and said, "Well it's going to be a long four years during Trump's second term."
Talk about a gift from God....and I am not kidding.