An April article written by Open Markets fellow Garphil Julien contrasting President Biden’s approach to trade with his predecessor’s, which noted that while the trade deficit dipped under Trump, it contracted by the largest amount in 14 years in 2023 under Biden.

The first 2024 presidential debate between President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump is in two days, and moderators Dana Bash and Jake Tapper surely hope the event will shed more light than heat.

We at the Washington Monthly are here to help.

This week we published our July/August print issue, featuring former NATO Supreme Allied Commander Wesley K. Clark’s assessment of how Biden’s economic strategy is strengthening America’s standing in the world.

The issue also includes deep dives on policy matters that have escaped the attention of most media outlets, such as gun tracing, high-impact tutoring, munitions manufacturing, and privatization of anti-poverty programs.

Our last issue was another policy-rich serving, comprehensively comparing the records of Biden and Trump with our Presidential Accomplishment Index.

(Click here for video from CNN of Editor in Chief Paul Glastris discussing the Presidential Accomplishment Index with Tapper.)

Together, the two most recent print editions of the Washington Monthly provide an excellent source of substantive presidential debate questions.

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