…weird.

Mr. Biden, who has done a lot of good things while in office–including overcoming with actual medical and financial help Mr. Trump’s deer-in-the-headlights denial that the pandemic was happening, while the unburied dead stacked up in meat lockers–presented himself pretty much as the investigator of his taking secret documents home described him. That is, an elderly gentleman with a so-so memory.

In contrast, Mr. Trump, a fabulous reality star in his role as a real estate magnate, but whose major accomplishment during the epic boom in New York real estate in the 1980s and 1990s was to not lose all the money he inherited, appeared vigorous. And, as the old joke goes, I didn’t want to believe he was lying but his lips were moving–throughout the debate.

I thought it was an interesting case of the self-reference problem when Mr. Trump talked (again) about his “IQ test,” which he proclaimed he had passed with flying colors. It appears to have been, however, a test to detect dementia. So he is essentially trumpeting the idea that his doctors think he’s suffering from cognitive impairment, but not badly enough for him to flunk a dementia test. Another twist: how do we know he’s not lying about this as well.

But crypto hasn’t gone through the roof. And the stock market is up as I’m writing this.