The Internet Can’t Get Over This Golf Moment From the Biden-Trump Presidential Debate

TIME

In an attempt to challenge the competency of his opponent, Trump questioned Biden’s golf abilities when asked about concerns over his own capability to serve.

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00:00We knock on wood, wherever we may have wood, that I'm in very good health.

00:04I just won two club championships, not even senior.

00:07Two regular club championships.

00:09To do that, you have to be quite smart, and you have to be able to hit the ball a long way.

00:14And I do it. He doesn't do it. He can't hit a ball 50 yards.

00:16He challenged me to a golf match. He can't hit a ball 50 yards.

00:20I think I'm in very good shape.

00:22I feel that I'm as in good a shape as I was 25, 30 years ago.

00:26I'm probably a little bit lighter, but I'm in as good a shape as I was years ago.

00:31I feel very good. I feel the same.

00:33But I was willing to take a cognitive test.

00:35And you know what? If I didn't do well, I aced him.

00:38Dr. Ronnie Jackson, who's a great guy, when he was White House doctor.

00:42And then I took another one, a similar one.

00:44And one of them said they've never seen anybody ace him.

00:48Thank you. President Biden?

00:50You can see he is 6'5 and only 235 pounds.

00:55I never said I was 6'5.

00:57Well, you said 6'4, 200.

00:59I never said that.

01:00Well, anyway, that's what you're...

01:01Anyway, just take a look at what he says he is and take a look at what he is.

01:05Look, I'd be happy to have a driving contest with him.

01:08I got my handicap, which when I was vice president, down to a 6.

01:13And by the way, I told you before, I'm happy to play golf if you carry your own bag.

01:19Think you can do it?

01:21That's the biggest lie that he's a 6 handicap of all.

01:24I was an 8 handicap?

01:26Yeah.

01:278?

01:28Never.

01:29But I have...

01:30I've seen you swing, I know you swing.

01:32Let's not act like children.

01:34Let's not act like children.

01:36To a specific concern.

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