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President Donald Trump and his Democratic rival, Joe Biden, collided again last night during the last of the televised debates scheduled before the presidential elections on November 3 in the United States.
Without leaving behind the combative tone and the rain of accusations that characterized the first debate, the exchange between the two rivals was more civilized and the issues that most affected the country were discussed in depth.
As expected, The debate started with a strong crossover of ideas about the coronavirus and the administration’s response throughout these eight months.
Trump insisted that his measures had saved millions of people and that the US is already on the verge of defeating the virus. And he criticized Biden because, as he said, his strategy is to close the country and suffocate the economy. “If we close the economy, we will have no country,” said Trump after confirming, among other things, that the vaccine is on the way, but will not arrive before December.
Biden replied that He did not intend to shut down the country, but to end the coronavirus with science-based measures and with an approach to protect the population without compromising economic activity.
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Donald Trump will contest the White House with Democrat Joe Biden.
“225,000 people have died in this country and another 200,000 are going to die. And that is due to the ineptitude of this president who has not wanted to assume responsibility and he keeps saying this is going to go away, ”Biden said. Trump said he was taking responsibility, but only to later indicate that the virus was China’s fault.
As expected, the president attempted to attack Biden by bringing up his son Hunter and his dealings with a Ukrainian firm. He even accused the former vice president of having received a 10 percent bribe on payments made to his son. An accusation, it is worth saying, that has no basis.
Biden replied that in his life he had not received a single dollar from foreign agents and that Trump, on the contrary, paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to China in taxes, but in the USA it did not pay anything.
While Trump tried to raise the Hunter issue time and time again, Biden turned the debate around by noting that Americans were struggling with the economic crisis and that they were interested in policies that would allow them to put food on their table. and educate their children.
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On foreign policy, the former vice president questioned Trump for allying himself with autocrats such as Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, and for abandoning his allies in Europe and other parts of the world.
“Hitler was also tried to accommodate and look what happened“Biden told him questioning his friendship with the North Korean dictator. Trump replied that his relationship with Kim had prevented a nuclear war with this country.
Furthermore, Biden said that, if elected, Russia, China and Iran will pay for interfering in the US elections.
Another issue that featured was health and what they both propose for the next four years. Trump predicted that he would end Obamacare, but without eliminating the coverage of preexistence that are covered by the law that was passed under Barack Obama.
A promise very similar to the one he made four years ago, but has not been able to materialize with his own health plan. And he accused Biden of wanting a socialist healthcare system.
The Democratic candidate for the White House, Joe Biden.
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“It’s ridiculous to say that just because we want there to be a public health option like the one that already exists. That is not socialism, “Biden replied after highlighting that if Trump remains in the White House, millions of people will lose their health coverage just when they need it most due to the pandemic.
It’s ridiculous to say that just because we want a public health option to exist like the one that already exists. That is not socialism
The immigration issue was also relevant. The moderator asked Trump about the 550 children who were separated from their families at the border and who have now been unable to unify with their parents. Trump spoke that his administration had strengthened the borders and that they were making efforts to find them. But Biden was on top of him. “They were separated just to scare them into not coming anymore and now they are lost. That is not what we are as a country. They were ripped from their parents’ arms and that’s criminal“Biden said.
He also promised that in the first 100 days of his government he will present to Congress an immigration reform to solve the problem of the 11 million undocumented and a measure to guarantee that the Dreamers, those who arrived illegally as young people, can remain in the country. .
The debate in Nashville, Tennessee, was moderated by NBC White House correspondent Kristen Welker,
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To avoid the debacle of the first meeting, where the constant interruptions became the news of the day, the Commission for Presidential Debates ordered this Monday that the microphones would be turned off during the initial two minutes that the candidates were granted at the beginning of each of the six segments into which the program was divided.
All attendees, except the candidates and the moderator, were forced to wear masks.
For Trump, the debate was seen as life and death as it lags behind in the polls. According to the Real Clear Politics average, by at least 8 points nationally and 5 points in Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Michigan, the three states that gave him the victory in 2016.
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Trump, in fact, launched it yesterday against Fox for a poll in which that trend was confirmed (although in Michigan the difference was 12 points) and said that he will win the three states as he did four years ago.
In any case, this latest debate is unlikely to change the course of the elections. Unlike 2016, when many voters waited until the last minute to make a decision, in this cycle the majority is already clear for whom they intend to vote. Proof of this is the large number of people who have already voted.
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At least 47 million people have already voted, which is the total of the early vote four years ago and there are still 11 days until the elections. And 20 percent of that early vote is from people who did not vote in 2016 and would indicate that there is a high degree of motivation among voters.
SERGIO GÓMEZ MASERI
EL TIEMPO correspondent
WASHINGTON
On twitter: @ sergom68
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