Refreshing! The Trump v Biden debate can be seen as a fresh start.

Zihni Özdil is a Dutch historian who writes a weekly column for a Dutch quality newspaper: the NRC.

In his column of last Saturday he delivers a positive take on the first presidential debate that is globally regarded as a disgrace. He sees it as refreshing instead. He has a point, despite receiving a lot of negative feedback on his article, presumably from people who, like me, judged the performance by the two candidates and notably that of Trump, to be below the lowest of expectations.