(From Atlanta, United States) Joe Biden and donald trump They face tomorrow his political destinyin a historic debate that will be carried out in the studios of cnn. Biden and Trump assume that a simple mistake It can implode his dreams of power that keep the United States in suspense.
The debate will be 90 minutes long, with two commercial breaks, and strict rules: no audience, no advisors; with the microphone closed to the candidate who does not have the floor, and a maximum time of two minutes to answer the questions of Jake Tapper and Dana Bash, the journalists in charge of the debate.
When the two minutes are up, the microphone of the muted candidate will be opened to exercise your right to reply. And 60 seconds later, the other candidate who could not give his opinion will have one more minute to close this part of the political battle.
This is what life will be like for Biden and Trump during the ninety minutes of the presidential debate that will begin tomorrow at 9 p.m. in Atlanta (Eastern US time).
Biden trained his debate strategy at Camp David, the resting place of American leaders. The president of the United States To defend its economic program, will explain his plan to stop illegal immigration from Mexico, will insist with his defense of civil rights (abortion, for example) and will advance about Trump’s ethical qualities, after having been convicted of 39 criminal acts in a New York court.
At Camp David they set up a stage similar to the studios of cnn in Atlanta, and there Biden faced Bob Bauer, one of his advisors.
Unlike Trump, the president agreed to confront a sparring partner who will act as the Republican candidate. Bob Bauera renowned lawyer who worked with Barack Obama, will play Trump when Biden you have to prove your arguments in a simulation of an electoral debate.
Bauer It was Trump in the 2020 Democratic campaign, and told it in his book of The Unraveling. We booked special sessions during which we were expected to I was Trump at his worst; so personally insulting and unhinged as Trump can be“, Bauer revealed in his memoirs published a few days ago in the United States.
Bauer reports to Mike Donilonhe political architect of the Biden campaign. Donilon believes that the axis of communication It must be the defense of democracy, an argumentative proposal that is qualified by prominent democratic figures who they do not belong to Biden’s closed circle.
“In Mike Donilon we trust“said Ron Klain, Biden’s former chief of staff and Democratic consultant who has been preparing presidential candidates since the time of Bill Clinton.
This presidential debate will be the earliest in the nation’s history and markedly different from the ones many Americans are familiar with. Organized by cnn instead of a nonpartisan commission, it will be simulcast on more than five networks, with no live audience and no opening statements.
Trump’s advisers hope the former president will keep his focus on the issues widely seen as Biden’s biggest vulnerabilities – inflation and immigration – and not get carried away by exchanges over his false claims about a stolen 2020 election and a justice system that, according to him, is rigged against him.
Biden’s team sees an opportunity to focus the attention of Democratic and independent voters, and even some moderate Republicans, on how much more radical a second Trump administration could be than the first. However, they are also preparing for Trump to deliver a more disciplined performance than in the first debate of 2020, when he gave a chaotic performance that was compared to the “dumpster fire.”
For his part, Trump is preparing to answer questions about threats to American democracy and his promise to pardon rioters involved in the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. He has told his associates that he will emphasize that he will address the January 6 pardons. “case by case” and will distinguish between those who committed violence and those who did not.
And after spending months questioning Biden’s ability to endure a 90-minute debate, much less perform at the highest level, Trump has backtracked to try to reset higher expectations.
