The clash between Joe Biden and Donald Trump in Atlanta on Thursday night has a good chance of being the most decisive presidential candidate debate in American history – at least that’s how the channel advertised the clash.
It was the first time that an incumbent president and a former president clashed in front of millions of viewers, and much earlier than usual, even before the party conventions. The CNN-hosted showdown was the most defining moment of the head-to-head election so far, and would have been Biden’s best chance to energize his re-election campaign.
It’s part of the backdrop to the controversy, set at a time when many Americans are looking for relief from high prices that are making it harder for families to feed themselves and pay for rent, mortgages and new cars. The dispute unfolded amid an intense national debate over access to abortion, unleashed by the conservative Supreme Court majority built by Trump. Deep divisions over immigration and foreign policy in a world filled with new challenges to US power provide a contentious backdrop for the clash between two candidates who openly despise each other.
In this sense, the debate epitomized the electoral contest that left millions of Americans dissatisfied with the choices offered by the two aging candidates. In doing so, they alienate more voters than they attract.
Not even a handshake
President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump did not shake hands when they took the debate stage. The two candidates last met in 2020 at a debate, where they also did not shake hands – but this was due to the coronavirus protocol.
The first topic of the debate, in which the two candidates were tense, was the economy. President Joe Biden started the debate with a blunder when he claimed to have created 15,000 jobs.
The correct number is more than 15 million,
which is a dramatic mistake from someone who tried to renew the confidence of the electorate in his economic policy. Trump opened the debate by saying that while he was in office, “everything went well” with the state of the economy and the handling of the pandemic.
The next topic was the referral of the issue of abortions to the jurisdiction of the member states, which led to a radical reduction of the right to abortion in many places. Trump said he believed in exceptions to the abortion ban “in cases of rape, incest, and endangerment of the mother’s life.” These exceptions are at the heart of a case recently decided by the US Supreme Court. According to Idaho’s abortion ban, women are not allowed to have an abortion even in the case of a medical emergency, because the state only has an exception in the case of saving the life of the mother, not in the case of preventing the deterioration of her health.
Biden, on the other hand, said that he supports the restoration of the Roe v. Wade precedent, which would practically mean the repeated federal guarantee of the right to abortion. The small flaw in this is that the Supreme Court, filled by Trump with ultra-conservative members, is competent in this case.
Biden is trying to gain ground on the issue of immigration, which has become a national priority not only among Republicans.
40 percent fewer people cross the border illegally
– He told.
According to Trump, migrants are coming to the United States illegally from “mental institutions.” He did not provide any evidence for this claim, which he often voiced at meetings. Trump complained during the debate that illegal immigrants are housed in “luxury hotels” while veterans are on the streets.
Ukraine and Gaza
Trump used the time on a foreign policy question about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine to hit back at Biden on the issue of veterans.
First of all, our veterans and soldiers can’t stand this guy. They can’t stand him. They think he’s the worst Commander-in-Chief, if you can call him that, that ever existed
he said.
If we had a real president, a president who knew Putin respected him, he would never have invaded Ukraine
Trump said.
Trump has long spoken positively of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s toughness, including calling Putin’s tactics during the 2022 invasion of Ukraine “brilliant” and “very smart.” Biden hit back at Trump, who boasted he would force European allies to spend more on defense.
This guy wants out of NATO
Biden said, adding that he himself “convinced 50 other nations” to support Ukraine against the Russian invasion.
The conflict between Israelis and Palestinians is a particularly vulnerable point for Biden. Only 26 percent of American adults are satisfied with how the issue is being handled, well below overall support (39 percent).
Trump did not directly respond to a question about whether he would support the creation of an independent Palestinian state.
I should think about that
– He told.
A Capitolium ostroma
Trump was then asked about January 6, 2021 and his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election. Host Jake Tapper asked if he had broken his oath to defend the Constitution.
Asked about the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol, Trump quickly turned to immigration and taxes. Asked about her role, she said she encouraged people to act “peacefully and patriotically” before attacking former Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
About 45 minutes into the debate, Biden made his first reference to Trump’s recent conviction in New York. Regarding the January 6, 2021 riot, Biden said:
The only person in this studio who is a convicted felon is the man standing before me.
“The idea that you have the right to retaliate against any American just because you’re the president is wrong. It’s just wrong. No president has ever spoken like that,” Biden told Trump.
The discussion was full of personalities
According to the commentator of the AP news agency, both Trump and Biden made deeply personal attacks against each other during the debate.
Trump twice mentioned Biden’s son, Hunter, who was convicted of three felonies earlier this month. Biden, meanwhile, referenced Trump’s conviction, saying he “had sex with a porn star” while his wife was pregnant (which Trump denied) and said Trump was being held civilly liable for “publicly molesting a woman.”
You have the moral views of a stray cat
– attacked Biden.
The questions then turned to climate change, with co-host Dana Bash asking Trump, who has criticized Biden’s climate protection initiative, whether he would take any steps to address the climate threat. Trump dodged the question and moved on to criticizing Biden’s economic policies, particularly regarding black Americans.
Biden was asked how he will address concerns about whether he will be able to serve as president well into his 80s. He addressed his reply to Trump:
This guy is only three years younger and much less fit.
Trump claimed to have taken two cognitive tests that came back “excellent.”
Donald Trump was asked twice whether he would accept the results of the 2024 election, which he answered a third time after being pressed by moderators. He said he would accept the results of the election if it was fair. But Trump has already insisted this year that Democrats will cheat in November, suggesting that any election he doesn’t win is likely to be rigged, a characterization he’s linked to his false and debunked claims of widespread election fraud in 2020. base it.
“We Live in Hell”
Trump accused Biden that his military decisions are so bad that he will drag the world into World War III. The president responded by saying that Trump is the one who wants to weaken NATO. Trump claimed he’d much rather be doing anything else, but Biden is such a bad president that he’s ruining the country, so he should try to take control of things again.
We live in hell
said Trump in his closing remarks about the state of the country. “He keeps talking about Charlottesville. The whole country is blowing up because of you because they don’t respect you,” Trump told Biden, likening the state of the country to the neo-Nazi rallies and counter-protests that rocked the country early in Trump’s tenure.
In his closing speech, Biden slammed Trump’s tax plans. According to him, Trump wants to favor the rich, which is the best chance for him to win the issue.
According to a commentator for The New York Times, Biden’s performance on the evening was pretty poor, but that should not have surprised anyone who has followed the 81-year-old president in public during his tenure. His campaign team is already talking about Biden outperforming Trump on the issues, but the question is how many voters will simply see Biden as physically incapable of leading the country.
Democratic campaign strategists are desperate
Democrats are distraught over President Joe Biden’s performance in Thursday night’s debate, which was so poor that some even questioned whether he would remain the party’s nominee, CNN has learned.
Biden entered the stage with a low, stuttering voice and an open-mouthed, staring gaze. He sometimes struggled to finish his thoughts, and on issues like abortion, where Democrats have an advantage, he gave way to his opponent.
It took only minutes for Democrats to realize how bad Biden’s hay was.
Biden looks awful and talks awful. Incoherent
said a Democrat who worked in Biden’s administration.
A Democrat who has worked on several campaigns simply said:
This is what we came up with.
(Cover photo: Donald Trump and Joe Biden on June 27, 2024. Photo: Marco Bello / REUTERS)
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2024-06-29 09:39:26