His grand oral was expected to be a test of credibility at the highest political level. Thirty-five days before the US presidential election, JD Vance and Tim Walz, the running mates of Donald Trump and Kamala Harris, emerged from the shadows on a CBS set, Tuesday, 1Ahem October. During a dense debate, focused on the daily lives of Americans, the senator from Ohio and the governor of Minnesota presented a contrast of styles, trying to appear affable and reassuring. Nobody separated. Everyone returned, satisfied, with their loved ones, in an ultra-polarized political field, where there are not many people left to persuade.
JD Vance had such calculated skill and apparent cunning that it deprived him of naturalness and human density. Tim Walz got off to a slow start. Like a student trapped in his revision sheets, eyes wide, he sometimes seemed obsessed with his thematic arguments, rather than demonstrating the spontaneity that made his reputation.
The debates were marked by an effort at civility and some surprising convergences, such as on the harms of relocations. They concluded with a warm handshake, in the presence of both men’s wives. Just polite, old-fashioned debate? There is nothing banal, however, in the third campaign of Donald Trump, accused of attempted coup d’état, criminally convicted of falsifying accounting documents and threatened with prison. A judicial dimension never mentioned Tuesday night.
No audience had sat in front of the two speakers, whose microphone was not muted when the other spoke. The debate began with foreign policy, something unusual. The news of the day justifies it, with the Iranian attacks against Israel. “In reality, Donald Trump has ensured stability in the world. “JD Vance explained. But the two men barely stayed. Ukraine, NATO, and China were not mentioned, except in one point: Tim Walz’s repeated comments about his trip to this country, at the time of the repression, in Tiananmen Square, in 1989. governor was blatantly clumsy. If he had avoided the press less since the Democratic convention in Chicago in late August, he might have worked on his retort.
Walz fired over Biden’s record
JD Vance thrives on adversity, with an even tone and quick delivery. Donald Trump’s running mate is distinguished by a mix of aggressiveness and discipline. He proved it once again on Tuesday, systematically referring Tim Walz to the results of the Biden-Harris administration. The Ohio senator even feigned empathy: “Your job is difficult. (…). You have to pretend that Donald Trump failed to reduce inflation, which he obviously did, and then, at the same time, you have to defend Kamala Harris for her atrocious economic record, which made gas, food, and housing overvalued. for American citizens. »
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