No pleasantries as President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump skipped a traditional handshake, beginning the debate with a discussion of inflation, as opening statements were not an option. Hosts Jake Tapper and Dana Bash of CNN went straight into questions, asking Biden what he would say to Americans who felt worse off under his presidency financially, despite rising wages. “We had an economy that was in free-fall,” Biden said. “It was terrible. What we had to do was try to put things back together again.” Biden laid out his plan to build new housing and cut costs for...