Joe Biden and Donald Trump had their first presidential debate ahead of the November elections. The meeting was tense, with few proposals and a lot of crossfire.
The Republican candidate spoke harshly about immigration policy and said that during his administration there was a secure border. Biden, for his part, responded in the same tone and accused him of “separating babies from their mothers.”
Regarding foreign policy, Trump said that “if we had a real President, respected by Putin, Russia would never have invaded Ukraine.” “He did nothing, he encouraged Russia to do it because it did so badly with Afghanistan, that Putin saw that he could do it. It was the most shameful moment in the history of our country,” he said.
Biden, Trump or the trap of the lesser evil
The counterattack of the president seeking re-election was to mark Trump’s good relationship with Putin. “He told Putin to do whatever they want. Putin wanted to keep kyiv and he couldn’t,” Biden emphasized.
Trump clarified that the terms proposed by Putin regarding the end of the war when Russia takes over Ukrainian territory are unacceptable but insisted: “It is a war that should never have happened.”
If we had a real President, respected by Putin, Russia would never have invaded Ukraine
In this regard, Trump said that “every time Zelensky comes to the United States he takes millions of dollars, we should not spend that money. I will end all this immediately.” Then, the former president again questioned the role of the United States in NATO and suggested that it could leave it during his administration due to the expense it entails.
“Putin is a war crime who wants to recover the Soviet empire. If he takes Ukraine he will go for more. We give him weapons, not money,” Biden defended.
The Middle East was also part of the debate. Trump asserted that with him in the White House “Israel would never have happened to Hamas because with me Iran had no resources and I never negotiated.”
He told Putin to do whatever he wanted. Putin wanted to keep kyiv and he couldn’t.
At this point, Biden stressed his proposal to achieve a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip aimed at exchanging hostages, recognizing the two states and ending the war. “We continue to push for them to accept. The only thing I denied Israel was thousand-kilogram bombs that can harm innocent people. We saved Israel from Iran’s attack. We are the biggest supporter of Israel,” he emphasized.
Another delicate section of the debate was when the attack on the Capitol by Trump’s followers was discussed. The former president dodged the question and said: “On January 6 we had the least fiscal pressure, they respected us and there were secure borders.” After the moderator’s insistence, he ended up responding: “I had nothing to do with it.”
The president quickly retorted that he “encouraged them to destroy everything and will pardon them if they are convicted.” “We must remember that the only condemned person in this room is Trump,” he shot.
To get by, Trump considered that “the US is a failed nation” that he intends to rebuild. “You have the morals of a cat,” Biden counterattacked, recalling the case of the porn actress whom he paid to keep her alleged sexual relationship silent.
Joe Biden highlighted that his country has “the fastest and most successful economic growth in the world and the lowest unemployment in history.” Trump’s response was to accuse him of allowing illegal immigration that takes jobs away from the black population because of “the worst border in the world.”
In relation to the fentanyl crisis, both avoided giving details of how they would resolve it but both pointed to China as responsible for sending the drug.
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