The first and probably only televised duel between the two American presidential candidates turned out to be the expected verbal battle. Kamala Harris and Donald Trump sharply attacked each other on almost every topic that came up on Wednesday night. Things got particularly heated when it came to 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.”
“If Donald Trump were president, Putin would be in Kiev right now,” the Democratic candidate said. NATO allies are grateful that Trump is no longer president. “Otherwise, Putin would be in Kiev with his sights set on the rest of Europe, starting with Poland,” Harris warned. The 59-year-old also accused Trump of being an international laughingstock. “I traveled the world as vice president of the United States, and world leaders are laughing at Donald Trump.”
After his first term, the 78-year-old Republican left behind “the worst unemployment since the Great Depression” and “the worst public health epidemic in a century, the worst assault on our democracy since the Civil War.” She and President Joe Biden were busy “cleaning up the mess left by Donald Trump.”
Trump again accused the Democratic vice president of being “a Marxist” and of having no plan. “She copied Biden’s plan, and it’s four sentences that just say, ‘Oh, we’re going to try to cut taxes,'” Trump said. Trump repeatedly responded to various statements from Harris that they were lies. But he himself also frequently threw around half-truths or untruths, including this one: “Democrats also want abortions after the ninth month and the birth of babies.” “Illegal immigrants eat pets.”
Harris criticized Trump for his stance on abortion rights. “The government and certainly Donald Trump should not tell a woman what to do with her body,” stressed the Democrat, who hopes to gain the support of many women in this debate. She promised that if she were to move to the White House after the presidential election on November 5, she would enshrine abortion rights in law. To do this, Harris needs a corresponding majority in Congress.
Source: Krone
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