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meIn reality, the president and his opponent should face (or sit) each other. But the second original television duel between Donald Trump and Joe Biden on Thursday night was canceled.
The independent organizers wanted to organize it virtually after the infection of Trump’s crown. The president thought it was “ridiculous” and canceled. Immediately, two television stations invited the opponents and the citizens asked them. Here is our quick analysis.
Surroundings:
Triumph: Three and a half meters. There’s a lot of space between presenter Savannah Guthrie (NBC News) and the president at the Pérez Art Museum in Miami. All the spectators wear masks. In the audience, says the moderator at the beginning of the hour-long questioning, there are Democratic, Republican and undecided voters. The president sweats, the audience sweats, no wonder, because it is 38 degrees Celsius in Miami and the hour-long event, interrupted by commercial breaks, takes place outside. Only the presenter appears to be detached from the egg.
Biden: The place, the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, says it all. The former vice president wants to document his loyalty to the constitution. 90 minute broadcast on ABC News with several commercial breaks. About a dozen viewers, including supporters of Democrats and Republicans, several of whom voted for Trump in 2016. All far apart. You ask the questions. Moderator George Stephanopoulos, who once worked for President Bill Clinton, is critical at times. Occasionally the Liberty Bell is displayed, which rang when the Declaration of Independence was read in 1776.
Subjects:
Triumph: Corona, the economy, white supremacy, conspiracy theories, even more Corona, immigration policy, Trump taxes, health policy, electoral fraud, peaceful transfer of power, the Supreme Court – there was hardly one issue that did not play a role that night.
Biden: Covid Epidemic, Economy, Tax, Black Situation, National Security, Police, Supreme Court, Future of Democracy, Environmental Protection, Power Supply, Foreign Policy, LGBTQ Rights, Personal Future of Biden, Prospects in the television debate with Trump.
Strongest moment:
Triumph: Trump admits publicly for the first time that he owes 421 million dollars, as previously reported by the “New York Times”. Trump tries to downplay the sum (“extremely undervalued compared to all my assets”), but he doesn’t deny the sum per se.
Biden: When it comes to foreign policy. Mark Hoffmann, a conservative who voted for Trump in 2016, asks if the president hasn’t accomplished much in foreign policy. “A little,” admits Biden, referring to the most recent agreements between Israel and two Gulf states. In general, however, the United States is “more isolated” than before. Trump’s slogan “America first” becomes “America alone,” says Biden: “NATO allies doubt they can count on us.”
In an international poll, Trump ranks behind the authoritarian presidents of Russia and China, Putin and Xi, in many countries. Biden complains that Trump is writing “love letters” with the North Korean ruler. You can tell: Biden, who as vice president enjoyed doing foreign policy, likes foreign policy. The West is important to him. But would he, if he became president, have time to do foreign policy?
Weakest moment:
Triumph: For example, the one in which Trump comments on a question from the moderator with “sweet.” Or the one in which Trump feels called to comment on Guthrie’s introduction with “well done.” So far the daily sexism.
Biden: Even after multiple investigations, Biden doesn’t give a definitive answer on whether he would push for an increase in the Supreme Court as president. “He wasn’t a fan of field expansion,” and he isn’t today, Biden says.
Background: With a Supreme Court seat expected to be filled by Trump’s candidate Amy Coney Barrett, six of the nine justices would be conservatives. Possibly for many years, perhaps even decades. Thus, individual Democrats are flirting with “packing up,” an expansion of the number of justices. Biden says frankly that he doesn’t want to answer the question clearly because he doesn’t want to be distracted from the controversial quick-fix process of Barrett’s nomination.
He criticizes the process because the presidential elections have already started. Your answer depends on how that process is handled. Biden indicated that there could also be thought about reforming the appointment of judges for life. But even here it remained cloudy. “If you reject my position, vote for Trump,” says Biden. But what is your attitude now?
Most daring thesis:
TriumphAs for his own past with Corona, Trump seems extremely forgetful. When the moderator asked when was the last time he tested negative before his corona diagnosis, he replied: “I don’t know, I don’t remember. I get tested all the time. I can tell you. After the debate, maybe a day or two, I think it was Thursday night, maybe even Thursday night, uh, I tested positive. “Soon after, he claims that people who wear masks are” constantly “contracting the virus. infect.
Biden: Such claims, as Trump makes several times a day, cannot be heard from Biden. He’s already said all kinds of stupid things and makes promises more often. Biden City Hall, however, remains largely serious and quiet. At one point, Biden blames Trump’s trade policies for moving jobs overseas from the US That’s silly, of course. Various administrations, including those of Obama / Biden, are responsible for these decades of development. And, of course, American corporations and American consumers who buy and consume all of these comparatively cheap goods. Every day.
Biggest applause:
Triumph: When a middle-aged blonde woman in the audience is called to ask the president her question, she begins: “I have to say she has a big smile. You are so attractive when you smile. “And Trump? He smiles. And the audience applauds.
Biden: No applause at all. It was almost a scientific symposium compared to what American politics offers. There was actually talk of factual politics. Even about thermal insulation and electric cars.
Quotes of the night:
Triumph: Guthrie asks Trump about conspiracy theories about murdered terrorist Osama bin Laden that he shared on Twitter. “That was a retweet!” Trump protest. And Guthrie loses her composure for a moment. “You are the president! You are not someone’s crazy uncle who can just retweet anything! ”
A little later, Guthrie says there is no evidence of widespread fraud on the postal ballots. Now it is Trump who cannot contain himself: “How can you say something like that? You read newspapers, right? You watch the news, right? Well, it can be assumed. That’s Guthrie’s job, after all.
Biden: “We are a democracy. We need consensus ”, says the presidential candidate.
Humor:
Triumph: The City Council meeting with Trump was not a pleasant event with jokes, on the contrary. It seldom happens that the president confronts critical journalists. Guthrie seized the opportunity and asked tough questions. The president was alone on stage, there was no Joe Biden to attack like in the television debate. The evening was not fun, but informative.
Biden: Well. Once, as so many times, Biden talks about his childhood. In the neighborhood where he grew up, the children became policemen, firefighters or priests. Biden jokes that he wasn’t qualified for any of these jobs.
Conclusion:
Triumph: The moderator and Trump often talk to each other, and the president rarely answers a question. Instead, it evades or distracts. It is doubtful that the evening will help undecided voters make a decision.
Biden: It was asked, it was followed, it was heard, it was answered. It was civilized.
