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Republican President Donald Trump and his Democratic opponent, Joe Biden, clashed fiercely over Trump’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic, the economy, taxes and electoral fairness on Tuesday in his first chaotic debate with aunt when Trump repeatedly interrupted. to his opponent and exchanged insults.
While announcer Chris Wallace sometimes tried unsuccessfully to dominate the debate, the competitors spoke simultaneously and exchanged insults in a spectacular political feud that made it difficult for either man to make their point.
“Aren’t you quiet, man? This is totally non-presidential,” Biden said angrily after repeated boycotts during just the first part of the Supreme Court debate.
Biden described Trump as a “clown,” “racist,” and a “Putin puppy,” referring to Russian President Vladimir Putin, saying, “You are the worst president America has ever known.”
Trump replied, “There is nothing smart about you, Joe.”
Later, Wallace himself urged the president to stop boycotting his rival.
“I think the country will be better served if we allow the two people to speak in fewer provinces. I ask you, sir, to do so,” Wallace said.
Trump replied, “Well, so did he.”
So Wallace said, “Well, honestly, you boycott more.”
Trump responded, “But he does it a lot.”
Biden strongly attacked Trump’s handling of the Corona virus pandemic, saying Trump “panicked” and failed to protect Americans because he is more concerned about the economy.
“He panicked or looked at the stock market,” Biden said of Trump, who urged countries to reopen their economies and underestimated the threat of the epidemic.
“Many more died, and many more will die unless they get much smarter and faster,” he added.
Trump objected to Biden’s use of the word “smart.”
“You graduated last or almost last in your class,” Trump said. “Never use the word smart with me. Never use this word.”
Trump defended his handling of the pandemic, which has killed more than 200,000 people in the United States and caused millions of Americans to lose their jobs.
“We’ve done a great job … But I’m telling you Joe, you could never do the job that we did,” Trump said.
With more than a million Americans already casting their votes through early voting and running out of time to change their minds or influence a small segment of undecided voters, the debate between the two White House candidates has a lot to do. up for grabs five weeks before the November 3 election.
The two candidates did not shake hands at the beginning of the debate, in compliance with the rules of social distancing during the Coronavirus pandemic.
Biden, 77, has consistently led Trump, 74, in nationwide polls, though polls in crucial states show convergence of competition.
The 90-minute debate features a limited audience committed to social distancing due to the pandemic. The debate takes place at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland and is moderated by Fox News host Chris Wallace. This is the first of three scheduled debates.
Organizers said about 80 people attended, including family members and guests of the candidates, two campaign staff, hosts, health and safety officials and journalists.
Trump has previously refused to commit to the peaceful transfer of power if he loses the election and has repeated his unsubstantiated claims that voting by mail will lead to fraud. Experts say that manipulation is extremely rare.
Trump said he expected the Supreme Court to decide on the election and “consider the ballots.” He urged his followers to come see the voting process.
Biden urged Americans to devise a plan for the vote and assured voters that Trump would leave if Biden wins. He said that he will not announce the victory until the result is validated.
* Supreme Court
Trump defended his swift decision to try to occupy a seat on the US Supreme Court, saying “elections have consequences” and that he had the right to objections from Democrats.
“I’ll just tell you that we won the election, and the election has consequences. We have the Senate, we have the White House and we have an exceptional candidate that everyone respects,” Trump said, defending his conservative candidate, Judge Amy Connie Barrett.
Biden said, however, that the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s seat should be filled after the Nov. 3 election, when it becomes clear who will be president.
“We have to wait, we have to wait and see the outcome of this election,” Biden said, adding that a Supreme Court that includes more conservatives will jeopardize the Affordable Care Act, known as “Obama Care.”
Trump is moving quickly to fill the Ginsburg seat, hoping to cement the conservative majority on the court.
Trump repeatedly interrupted Biden as he tried to answer questions, prompting Biden to chime in, saying, “Don’t shut up, man?”
Trump and Biden are discussing a number of pressing political challenges, including the pandemic that has killed more than 200,000 in the United States and led to millions of job losses, as well as protests over racial justice and the battle for the Supreme Court.
Hours before the debate, Biden released his 2019 tax returns and his campaign asked Trump to do the same.
Biden took the move two days after The New York Times announced that Trump paid just $ 750 in federal income taxes in 2016 and 2017, after reporting for years that his companies had incurred heavy losses.
Trump has not paid income taxes in ten of the last 15 years. Trump has long sought to keep his personal financial records secret.
Biden’s tax returns showed that he and his wife Jill paid more than $ 346,000 in federal taxes and other payments for 2019 on nearly $ 985,000 in income before seeking to recover the nearly $ 47,000 they said they had paid more than they should have. have paid.
