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The first televised duel between the president of the United States, Trump, and the challenger Biden, was chaotic. New concepts were quickly considered. But Trump does not want to accept changes before the second meeting.
After the first television duel between US President Donald Trump and his challenger Joe Biden, it was not only moderator Chris Wallace who was nervous. The experienced television man had failed to tame the two rivals. The next day, a debate broke out about the changes in the next two television duels.
However, Trump has now announced that he will not accept any other rules. “Why should I allow the Debate Commission to change the rules for the second and third debates when I won the first so easily?” The Republican wrote on Twitter. Trump campaign team spokesman Tim Murtaugh also opposes the changes. “President Trump was the dominant force and now Joe Biden is trying to edit the umpires. You shouldn’t move the goal posts and change the rules in the middle of the game,” he said.
First chaotic debate
The commission in charge of organizing the presidential debates announced Wednesday that it wanted to toughen the rules. “Additional instruments are planned to maintain order.” The process made clear “that the format of the remaining debates needs additional structure to ensure a more regulated discussion of the issues.”
The first televised duel between the Republican incumbent and his Democratic rival Tuesday night was extremely chaotic: Trump kept interrupting Biden and was not deterred by moderator Wallace. There was no real discussion for much of the night. Wallace then became frustrated by the course of the debate: “I’m a professional. I’ve never been through anything like this,” the conservative Fox News reporter told the New York Times. However, he came out against allowing the moderator to turn off the microphone for the candidate. “In practice, the president could have continued to interrupt even if his microphone had been turned off,” he told the newspaper.
Next meeting on October 15
While polls see Biden as the winner of the first televised duel, Trump repeatedly said he won the debate. The second television debate of the presidential candidates is scheduled for October 15 and the third on October 22. Vice candidates Mike Pence and Kamala Harris will compete against each other on Wednesday.
In polls for the Nov. 3 election, Trump is currently lagging behind. Therefore, it is particularly important for him to score points in television matches against Biden. The rules of the debates are elaborated by the responsible commission in coordination with the electoral campaign teams.
