This was a speech during which he did not have to answer any questions, he supposedly knew where he was going to be several days ahead of time, and this is what he came up with
I keep seeing "Trump is also bad at speaking, why doesn't the media cover that" from people who were saying that the only way Trump could win is "free media" a few months ago
It's easy to see why reporters respond to this criticism by saying "it's not our job to make Joe Biden win" even though those people sometimes have good points