Elon Musk, the CEO of Tesla, Starlink, and SpaceX, seems to view the Thursday debate between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump as nothing more than a display of political theatrics.

Sacks wrote, “Watching the CNN commentators put the knife in Biden’s back is actually sickening. No loyalty. No remorse. It’s just gross.”

Larry Sabato, the Director of the University of Virginia Center for Politics, stated on a recent CNN segment that the competition between Biden and Trump is now significantly lopsided. He also refuted the notion that Biden could significantly narrow the gap through an interview with ABC News or by holding rallies.

“I don’t think [President Biden] can change the dynamic with one interview,” he said. “I suppose you’d say stop the bleeding and the bleeding has been bad. I mean, we’ve been looking at all the data coming in, all the surveys — some public, some private — and it’s bad. Democrats need to understand that things are not stable and it is no longer close. The race between Biden and Trump is no longer close.”

“Just take the four last week, including CNN’s poll — all of them were in agreement, which you rarely see even with well-conducted polls: Biden, who was really maybe even, maybe two points behind Trump, is now — at least in unison in these polls — six points behind,” Sabato added. “That’s millions and millions of voters. And what is it that’s going to restore them? A good interview, a good rally? Come on.”

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In the meantime, Biden has announced his intention to continue running in the presidential race against former President Donald Trump, despite indications that this may not align with the desires of voters. A recent Rasmussen Reports survey, released on Friday, delivers troubling results for both Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris. According to the poll, 55 percent of respondents expressed a preference for the president to step back from the presidential race. Additionally, 50 percent suggested that Democrats should select a different candidate, rather than Harris, to take his place.

“Importantly, nearly half (48%) of Democratic voters at least somewhat agree that Biden should step aside and let the Democratic Party choose another candidate,” the poll said.

Cygnal’s latest poll delivered more bad news for the Democrats, with voters expressing dissatisfaction with the president’s debate performance and lack of confidence in the vice president.

“Post-debate, we’ve seen the largest single month-over-month movement towards Republicans across-the-board, from R+0 to R+4, in the history of our national polling,” Cygnal President Brent Buchanan said. “President Biden’s image worsened to 62% having an unfavorable view of him after 67% of respondents said they watched his disastrous debate performance.”

“Trump’s performance earned him 4 points of undecided debate-watchers and another 3 points from those who were Biden supporters heading into the debate. There’s little question this has further eroded the political environment for Democrats,” he said.