Trump-Biden, the first television debate is a disaster. Screaming, insults and continuous interruptions: thus the face to face was obscured by chaos

One of the ugliest, chaotic, and fiercest clashes in American political history took place last night in Cleveland, in the first presidential debate between Donald trump me Joe biden. Very little has been said about policy and programs. The discussion is immediately degenerated into a series of insults and personal attacks. Especially Biden, never so explosive in a public debate, has covered Trump with insults: “Clown”, “liar”, “without shame”. The president, for his part, while the confrontation lasted, spoke about Biden and interrupted the same moderator. Chris Wallace by Fox News. Faced with the constant excesses, Wallace himself had to call Trump to respect the rules. In general, the debate the dynamics of this electoral campaign do not seem to have changed much; if not, to make it even tougher and more exasperated.

Trump was expected to attack Biden primarily for two reasons: hunter son and the supposed drift “socialist“From the Democratic Party – and so it was. The question of the radicalization of the Democrats came up immediately, early in the debate, when Trump accused the Democrats of wanting a “socialist medicine,” a reference toBarack Obama’s Affordable Care Act – Attack to which Biden replied: “I am the Democratic Party.” The issue resurfaced later when Trump relaunched his doctrine of “law and order” and he blamed Biden and the Democrats for being weak on crime and allowing gangs of anarchists and antifa the freedom to burn American cities. “Of be in favor of law and order“Trump challenged Biden. To which the Democratic candidate replied:” I am for law and order, but also for justice.

Also the attack on Hunter Biden and his suspects. illicit business with Ukraine it was expected, and it didn’t take long for the president to do so. The moment came when Biden recalled service in Iraq and the military honors of his son Beau, who died of cancer in 2015. “Are you talking about Hunter?” Trump interrupted. “No, I’m talking about my son Beau,” Biden replied. “I don’t know any Beau, I know hunter“Continued Trump, who accused Hunter of being a cocaine addict, a useless dishonorable hunt by the army, able to find work only with the help of his father.” He amassed a fortune in Ukraine and China, “said Trump, who added that Hunter would receive $ 3.5 million from the Moscow mayor’s very wealthy wife. It was one of the most unpleasant moments of the entire debate: with Biden shaking his head, denying any wrongdoing, and Trump He rejected any form of compassion for his dead son. of the rival, focusing instead on destroying the other.

For much of the debate, Biden always looked into the roomUnlike Trump, whose gaze has often swung between moderator Wallace and his rival. A way, probably, to appear more convincing and “warm” towards the television audience. During the first half hour, the Democrat also chose not to subject Trump’s claims to strict source control and data (which is very difficult, however, given the impossibility of blocking the river in its entire speech). Instead he chose, Biden, to smile, at times even laugh, to underline the absurdity of the opponent’s positions. This was also one of the most important clues that democratic strategists offered: avoid as much as possible to end up caught in a dangerous and boring confrontation over the veracity of Trump’s words. However, after a while, the Democrat lost his smile. The level of the confrontation was so brutal that any relief was impossible. At one point, exasperated by Trump’s constant interruptions, Biden blurted out, “Shut up.”.

Managing the pandemic – Surely the most convincing part of the evening for Biden has arrived on the topic of coronavirus management. “The president said, it is what it is,” the Democrat said, referring to Trump’s reaction to more 205 thousand dead. “It is what it is because you are who you are,” added Biden, who accused Trump of not having, since the start of the health emergency, a plan to deal with the pandemic. “He did not want to disrupt the economy, he did not want to make the profits of his millionaire friends fall,” continued the Democrat, who urged the president to “leave the golf courses and return to the Oval Office, bring together Democrats and Republicans to finance this.” that is needed to save lives ”. The difference in approach between the two was evident precisely on the issue of the coronavirus. With Trump claiming to have saved millions of lives; with Biden while still attacking the administration for lying to Americans, however having underestimated the problem, knowing the potential danger. “Don’t believe a word this man is telling you,” Biden said at one point, his finger pointing at Trump and his gaze fixed on the camera.

From the environment to the tax scandal By hitting the health emergency so hard, Biden and the Democrats have shown that they believe that health care, upholding Obama’s Affordable Care Act, will be one of the central themes guiding the American vote. The Trump tax issue appeared to be a missed opportunity for Democrats. Biden did not insist so much, and Trump He solemnly reiterated that he had paid millions of dollars in taxes in 2016 and 2017 (The “New York Times” investigation reveals instead that the president paid only $ 750 in income taxes). Another opportunity that Biden did not fully seize came with the issue of the environment and the gods. climate changes. The Democratic candidate seemed primarily interested in distinguishing his plan from the “Green New Deal” of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and the more progressive Democrats, and did not take the opportunity to counter the mass of inaccurate and extremely vague claims that Trump has faced. on the subject: that there is no other country in the world that has such low levels of coal use (not true); that Americans “want pristine air and water” and that they are “very happy with the administration’s environmental policies” (also incorrect; most polls in recent months show that most Americans oppose environmental decisions of the president ).

The call to vote – As the debate drew to a close, Trump was also able to repeat some classics of his rhetoric of these months: that the fires of California are due in large part to poor maintenance of forests and not climate change, and that the real danger to American cities comes from violence by radical left antifa groups (Trump he even refused to name white supremacists, when Wallace asked her to distance herself from him. “Violence is not a problem of the right,” he said). The end was then dominated above all by one theme: voting. “Vote, vote, vote, the future of this country depends on your vote, “repeated Biden, who promised to respect the result of the polls and said that Trump” is afraid to vote. On November 3 there was no reassurance from Trump, who relaunched the theory (not proven) according to voting by mail is a source of widespread fraud. “There will be fraud like never before. We may not know the result of the vote for months, “added the president, who again raised the possibility of a contested electoral result. may end up in the Supreme Court (where you want to place the judge before the vote Amy coney barrett).

Therefore, the debate does not seem to change significantly. the dynamics of this electoral campaign. Voters still undecided – approx. 11 percent of those who have the right to vote – do not extract a clearer view of the programs and candidates from this debate. Instead, the supporters of both sides will find, in the violence of the confrontation, a confirmation of their orientations and opinions. A first detection of Cnn, immediately after the end of the debate, however, shows that 60 percent of respondents think that Biden came out the winner of the fight. In fact, Trump is, at the moment, the candidate he is pursuing. Trump is the candidate who must shake off a series of scandals and accusations, the latest, that of taxes. The president needed strong evidence last night, more convincing than Biden’s. This proof was not there. Trump was unable to demonstrate his opponent’s political weakness. He was unable to provide a complete picture of what his second term will be. And this, for him, is already a defeat.