Suddenly, Donald Trump looked older than his years. He grimaced. He was getting smaller. He gesticulated, running out of sarcasm and oxygen. On Tuesday, September 10, during their first televised showdown, the former president clung to his invectives like a leaky buoy, in the face of the “Marxist” Kamala Harris. She kept coming back to her obsession, which serves as her platform: illegal immigration. But her Democratic rival destabilized the billionaire as he had rarely done since entering politics in 2015. To the point that after the show he felt obliged to meet with the press to defend his performance himself. Kamala Harris, with complete confidence, said she was ready for another debate.
At the end of June, on CNN, Donald Trump watched, almost without words, as Joe Biden collapsed during his televised match. This time, it was he who was cornered, stunned by precise blows. In a public opinion already divided between the two contenders, the impact of this television moment remains uncertain. It could be less than the support that singer Taylor Swift immediately gave to the Democrat. However, Kamala Harris passed an essential test: that of credibility. She succeeded in imposing the idea that it would be necessary to “turn the page” on the excesses of the Trump era, as if Biden’s presidency had been a parenthesis. This is the failure of the Republican candidate: his inability to confront Kamala Harris with the weaknesses of the current administration.
Organized without an audience at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the debate broadcast by ABC offered the American public a stark contrast. Questions about Kamala Harris’s ability to withstand the shock were dispelled when she took the stage to shake the hand of her opponent, who seemed hesitant. This offensive spirit never left the vice president. She looked the spectators in the eye; Donald Trump spoke to the moderators. She presented an argument, she detailed it. “plans” successive, the political accusation of his adversary continued; Frustrated, angry, Donald Trump had difficulty finishing a thought.
Illegal immigration, the obsession of Republicans
“I have concepts of plans, I am not the president now”he responded when asked about health insurance and the possibility of replacing Obamacare. His traditional ladder-like spirit seemed to spiral downward. From time to time he was interrupted by the two presenters, David Muir and Linsey Davis. The latter performed their role excellently, correcting certain lies, such as the fact that Haitian refugees in the town of Springfield (Ohio) “eat dogs”According to the billionaire, the journalists naturally provoked harsh criticism from the former president’s supporters.
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