Meeting old friends. First Trump-Biden debate

In 2020, the debates were fierce, with rivals constantly interrupting each other and not even shaking hands.

Joe Biden and Donald Trump will hold their first election debate. This verbal duel will mark the first time in history that a sitting US president will debate his predecessor. Trump never acknowledged Biden’s victory in the 2020 election. Now they are fighting for the presidency again. Both candidates are trying to convince American voters that they deserve their vote in the November election.

Previous experience

The 2020 debates were fierce, with rivals constantly interrupting each other, and Biden at one point bluntly asking Trump, “Will you shut up?” At the start of the second debate that year, which had to be postponed due to Trump’s COVID-19, the opponents didn’t even shake hands.

Unlike previous debates, this one will be held in a television studio without a live audience to cheer (or boo) the contestants.

In the current debate, the candidates will take turns to speak – the opponent’s microphone will be turned off at this moment. This would help avoid the chaos that characterized the first Trump-Biden debate in 2020, but could make the debate more lively and memorable.

Leveling up in battle

Before the debate, Trump and his campaign made insinuations that Biden allegedly had to use some unnamed “performance-enhancing drugs” during the debate.

President Biden’s team has strongly denied this speculation, but if the incumbent defeats his challenger, these rumors could serve as a basis to justify Trump’s defeat.

Biden’s campaign said Trump was “broken” after losing the 2020 election and is a far cry from the man Americans elected president in 2016.

If the former president can remain calm for 90 minutes and tone down some of his more violent remarks, it will help him convince the American public that the dire predictions about his possible second term as president is raised.

“Biden has to prove that the idea that he’s too old for the job isn’t true,” said Mike Murphy, a Republican political consultant. “Trump needs to prove he’s not the despicable lunatic half the country thinks he is.” So it’s a great opportunity for both of them – but the risks are huge.”

Debate Topics

The economy, immigration, the environment, health care, abortion are the main topics of debate. Biden has been trying to convince the American public for more than a year that the economy is doing better than they think. He will have a chance to retell the story to tens of millions of viewers, but Biden will have to do so in the face of a fierce attack from his opponent, who will likely talk about sharply rising prices and high inflation of recent years. .

It is predicted that Trump will definitely be asked about the court case in the debate and that President Biden will be ready to strike at this point. If the former president starts talking about corrupt judges and rigged courts as usual, it could further alienate moderate voters.

Trump, in turn, will likely try to portray Hunter Biden’s conviction as evidence of broader corruption within the “Biden crime family,” as he calls it.