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The president puts his rival in his son Hunter’s business in Ukraine and China in trouble. Trump does not convince on the management of the pandemic and on the separation of immigrant families
by our correspondent Riccardo Barlaam
The president puts his rival in his son Hunter’s business in Ukraine and China in trouble. Trump does not convince on the management of the pandemic and on the separation of immigrant families
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NEW YORK – Ninety minutes of debate. This time polite, civilized. With some low blows. But also monotonous and boring at times. The third and final television duel before the US election between Donald Trump and Joe Biden took place in the Belmont University auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee, in presence, following Trump’s recovery from the coronavirus. Both candidates underwent a Covid-19 test before debate and came back negative. The new formula established by the presidential debate commission provided for the closing of the rival’s microphone in the first two minutes of a candidate’s response. To avoid chaos and struggles as in the first debate on September 29.
Six topics divided into 15-minute blocks (which were not respected): the Covid-19 emergency, American families, racial divisions, climate change, national security issues, leadership. Family members and guests of Trump and Biden in the auditorium were unable to applaud and all were wearing masks.
Two candidates two visions of the country. Trump, 74, had the most to gain from the debate, after losing the other two, in the race to win the votes of the undecided in the hanging states. Biden, 77, for months at the head of all national polls, in this television clash he only had to pay attention to the missteps. There has been. On several occasions he stammered the answers, got stuck with an evident difficulty to keep up with the television, in front of Trump, the great communicator who this time stopped his verbal impetuosity.
The average distance between the two candidates in the latest national polls is 7.9%, with Biden always leading the way. Trump is closing the gap. And according to some polls released by Biden’s own election committee to call for more voter support, Trump would have an advantage, albeit slightly in Michigan, Arizona, Florida and Ohio.
Journalist Kristen Welker, who moderated the night before starting, asked the candidates not to speak to each other. Trump, as stated, lived up to the rules. He waited his turn, but was still communicating with non-verbal language, facing gestures as Biden spoke. The president attacked Biden over his son Hunter’s business relationships in Ukraine and China. The Democratic nominee seemed unconvincing with his explanations, but he cornered him when he pulled the story of Trump’s never-released tax returns and the newly discovered secret account in China. Trump was unconvincing in his responses on coronavirus health and handling, climate, and support for African-Americans. He called himself the president who did the most for blacks after Abraham Lincoln. Biden hailed him as “one of the most racist presidents in modern history.”
On immigrants, the journalist asked the reasons for the Trump administration’s policies that divide children from clandestine parents. This week the news broke of 545 children in camps on the Mexican border who no longer know where their parents are, according to reports from humanitarian lawyers. Biden said “it’s a crime, it’s a crime.” Trump’s response to the separation of families leaves you speechless: “The children are now cleaner and more cared for.”
