Harris in TV duel:
“Putin would eat Trump for lunch”
The first and probably only TV duel between the two US presidential candidates turned into the expected verbal battle. Kamala Harris and Donald Trump attacked each other sharply on Wednesday night on pretty much every topic they touched on. It got particularly heated on abortion, migration and the war in Ukraine.
As former President Trump repeatedly boasted that the war would be over within 24 hours under his administration, Harris remarked: "Vladimir Putin would eat him for lunch."
NATO allies are grateful that Trump is no longer president. "Otherwise Putin would be sitting in Kiev and have the rest of Europe in his sights, starting with Poland," warned Harris. The 59-year-old also accused Trump of being a laughing stock internationally. "I have traveled the world as Vice President of the United States, and world leaders are laughing at Donald Trump."
In the USA itself, the 78-year-old Republican had left behind "the worst unemployment since the Great Depression" and "the worst health epidemic in a century, the worst attack on our democracy since the Civil War" after his first term in office. She and President Joe Biden have been busy "cleaning up Donald Trump's mess".
Trump: "She's a Marxist"
Trump once again accused the Democratic Vice President of being "a Marxist" and not having a plan. "She copied Biden's plan, and it consists of four sentences that just say: 'Oh, we're going to try to cut taxes,'" Trump said. In response to several statements by Harris, Trump repeatedly replied that they were a lie. However, he himself threw around half-truths and untruths just as often - including these: "Democrats want abortions even after the ninth month and the birth of babies." "Illegal immigrants eat pets."
Harris criticized Trump for his position on abortion rights. "The government and certainly Donald Trump certainly shouldn't be telling a woman what to do with her body," emphasized the Democrat, who is hoping for the support of many women in this debate. If she enters the White House after the presidential election on November 5, she promised to enshrine the right to abortion in law. However, Harris would need a majority in Congress for this to happen.
The US Supreme Court overturned this right a good two years ago. Trump had shifted the majority on the court far to the right with several reappointments, making the decision possible in the first place. Now the states can decide on abortion rights - abortions are now largely banned in a number of states.
Trump: "USA needs strong borders and walls"
Trump accused the Vice President of allowing millions and millions of migrants and criminals to enter the country unchecked. "They have destroyed the fabric of our country," said the 78-year-old, referring to the current US government under Biden and Harris. Crime rates are falling all over the world, only in the USA are they going through the roof, said Trump. "And we have a new form of crime, it's called migrant crime, and it's taking on proportions that nobody would have thought possible." The USA needs a strong border and walls.
Harris smiled and shook her head
Again and again, Harris tried to score points with her facial expressions as her opponent got bogged down in his tirades. Smiling and shaking her head were the quiet response. However, comments would have been lost anyway, as the microphone was only switched on for the candidate whose turn it was.
Trump once again refused to acknowledge his election defeat in 2020. "Look, there's so much evidence. You just have to look at it (...) I got almost 75 million votes, the most votes an incumbent president has ever gotten," the Republican said. The 78-year-old has been charged in two lawsuits for his attempts to overturn the result and turn it into a victory.
The duel, hosted by ABC, was a test for Harris in particular. The 59-year-old replaced President Biden as the Democratic candidate just a few weeks ago and has so far mainly appeared in strictly choreographed campaign appearances where her team had everything under control. In the debate against Trump, she now had to prove herself without a script.
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