dDonald Trump chained lies with astonishing certainty and put a man in trouble on Thursday Joe Biden hesitant, who resorted to personal attacks against his rival, in the first debate for the elections November, which focused on migration and inflation.
At CNN headquarters in Atlanta (east), where the debate was held, the Democrat spoke without enthusiasm in front of a donald trump that He imposed his grandiloquent style and told falsehoods without the network’s reporters correcting him.
“Inflation is killing our country,” said the former Republican president, for example. 78 years old despite the strength of the economy and employment.
The tycoon was in a hurry to address the migration and tried to chime in even before the moderators touched the topic.
Pasked Biden “why he allowed millions of people” to come to the country “from prisons, jails and mental institutions” to “destroy” it.
“There is no data to support what he said. Once again you are exaggerating. She is lying “, the Democrat responded.
Also accused Trump of “lying” for claiming that illegal immigration was causing an increase in crime and called the Republican’s role “terrible” after he boasted of having appointed Supreme Court judges who helped overturn the constitutional right to abortion.
In the very tense debate, the democrat personally attacked his rivalusing aggressive language that the public is not used to.
“How many billions of dollars do you owe for harassing a woman in public… for having sex with a porn star while your wife was pregnant? What are you talking about? “You have the morals of a depraved person.”Told him.
Biden recalled that His opponent was a “convicted felon” after being found guilty in a case of hidden payments to a former porn actress.
““I did nothing wrong,” the former president responded, accused in other cases and who repeated the refrain that the judicial system was “rigged.”
He was not far behind in personal attacks either, although without resorting to his usual outbursts.
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“I really don’t know what he said at the end of that sentence. I don’t think he knows what he said either.”Trump said sarcastically.
Although he is only three years younger than the Democrat, Trump took the opportunity to attack him for his age, one of his handicaps for re-election and challenged him to take a “cognitive test,” Even if it’s “very easy, like answering the first five questions,” he said.
This was the first face to face between these two men who have despised each other since the last election campaign, in 2020.
The Republican has never admitted defeat in those elections and on Thursday he avoided committing to unconditionally recognizing the verdict of the November ballot box unless it is a “fair and legal election,” although he said that any act of violence would be “totally unacceptable.”
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“We did it right”
TTrump described Biden as a “weak” man to be president.
LThe Russian invasion of Ukraine would never have happened “if we had a leader,” he said, and was very critical of the billions of dollars spent by the United States to help kyiv in the conflict against Moscow.
Also He accused his opponent of siding with the Palestinians in Israel’s war against the Islamist group Hamas in Gaza, despite Washington’s support for the Israelis.
The feeling is that Trump won the debate but not by merit, but rather due to the demerits of his rival.
Even Vice President Kamala Harris acknowledged that Biden had “a slow start, that’s obvious to everyone, I don’t dispute that.”
““It was disappointing, there is no other way to put it”acknowledged Kate Bedingfield, former White House communications director.
“It was definitely a disaster”political scientist Larry Sabato told AFP.
The president defended himself after the debate and said he had emerged unscathed.
““I think we did well,” Biden said. to reporters, insisting that “it is hard to debate against a liar.”
Republican Nikki Haley, a former rival of Trump in the primaries and whose votes both candidates are seeking, even went so far as to suggest that Biden is not going to be “the Democratic candidate in the elections”, and urged Republicans to “stay on guard.”
This scenario is unlikely and he will most likely be nominated by his party at the convention in August.
Biden’s intervention marks a turning point in A campaign that has been very close so farwith fairly even polls.
