The stunner from Donald Trump over the weekend not only drew attention away from Joe Biden's memory problems, as detailed in a special counsel report, but provided a convenient way for Biden’s defenders to reframe the issue.
Americans haven't elected an independent president since George Washington, but a public turned off by two historically unpopular frontrunners appears more open than ever to the rich crop of wildcards who could tilt the election in 2024.
US News: The old consensus that endured even in the initial years after the end of the Cold War has frayed under the weight of globalisation, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Great Recession of 2008-09 and Trump’s relentless assault on international institutions and agreements.