IMHO

What did dump say or do that was equal to Biden?

For instance, in a tie there's some common win condition that is in at least some sense zero-sum or exclusive. The tying participants are actually competing against one another in such an event. That's not quite what happened.

It wasn't about equality, really. Both participants looked awful in completely different ways. Their performances were both horrible, but perpendicular, like they were sucking at completely different events. You don't ask "what did the high-jumper do that was equal to the discus thrower?" and get specific, meaningful comparative answers. What millions of American voters saw was fashy Trump constantly lying his arrogant ass off with Biden looking confused and sounding weak.

To continue with the track&field analogy, if we suppose they were competing in a footrace, one contestant fell on his face at the starting gun while the other ran off sideways into the bleachers, broke into the broadcast room, and took a crap on the camera. Both get a DNF as far as the race goes but it doesn't make sense to me to say, "it's a draw." That's kind of missing the point.

Again, IMHO.

It was a sad night, a lost opportunity for Biden to dismantle TSF for the world to see. It might have hurt or helped one campaign or the other long term, that's hard to call at the moment. But that doesn't mean it was a tie.

Someone who fell in a race is the same as one who ran off sideways into the bleachers, broke into the broadcast room, and took a crap on the camera? Everyone falls sometimes. Not everyone takes a crap on the camera.

Apparently we disagree regarding the outcome, and that's okay. Perhaps there's more than one way to sum it up. Please remember that the vast majority of voters will never read the transcript, but rather look to commentary from various public-facing pundits/analysts to distill the situation into relatively few words that give them a handle for future reference. The handle I've arrived at after watching the... [whatever it was] suggests an ambiguous long-term result which would be inadequately described by the word "tie". YMMV.

So, no "equality."

because Trump was Trump and Biden's bad week sparked all this nonsense about replacing him

One did not get off the starting block and the other should have been disqualified with the first lie.

You cannot debate a liar. A gish galloping liar at that. And CNN won't even enforce their own rules. Everyone made up their mind after Jan 6.

Anything that sows chaos and can be amplified by Russian trolls, bots, and useful idiots is good for him.

What were his winning points?

In the real world, that's points on the board

That was not a debate.

But Trump got out of being effectively called out for his lies, high crimes, and attacks on democracy. To that extent, the losers were the voting public