Former US President Donald Trump has claimed that the debate with Kamala Harris was “rigged” by the ABC TV channel. He also attacked pop star Taylor Swift, who yesterday expressed her endorsement for Kamala Harris, saying that she will “pay the price” for supporting the US Vice President in the race for the White House.
“It was a rigged deal, as I suspected, because they corrected everything but not her,” he told the right-wing news channel Fox News. On Swift, he added: “I was not a fan of Taylor Swift… she is a very liberal person. It seems she always supports a Democrat, and she will probably suffer the consequences in the market.”
“I don’t know if I want to do another one.” The day after the TV duel with Kamala Harris, Trump has doubts about a second TV debate with his rival. Regarding the claim that the debate was “rigged,” Trump pointed out that “it was three against one,” attacking the moderators of ABC News.
Kamala Harris and Donald Trump meet at Ground Zero for the 9/11 commemorations and shake hands. Harris is alongside Joe Biden and Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer. Next to Trump is his vice president J.D. Vance. Also present at the ceremony is former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg. Rudy Giuliani, the former mayor of New York and legal counsel for Donald Trump, is also in attendance. “We will never forget,” is the message posted by President Joe Biden on X on the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. “Today is the day we remember the souls lost in the heinous 9/11 attack. We stand with their families and honor the extraordinary heroism of Americans who came forward to help other Americans,” says Kamala Harris in a statement. “As we commemorate this day, we must also reflect on what unites us,” Harris adds.
The success of an American mission to Mars depends on the outcome of the October US presidential elections, according to Elon Musk. “Trump wants a government commission on efficiency to enable great things to be done, Kamala doesn’t,” wrote the Tesla CEO on X after the TV duel between the two contenders, adding: “We will never reach Mars if Kamala wins.”
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Between more or less effective attacks, slips (by Donald Trump), and moments of tension, the first and perhaps only TV debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump took place in Philadelphia, a symbolic city of American democracy and the center of the most crucial swing state for winning the White House. Many topics were touched upon in an hour and a half of debate, from the economy to Ukraine and the war in Gaza, to abortion rights, immigration, and Afghanistan.
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“I am neither Biden nor Trump, I am the leader of a new generation,” declared the vice president who had the task of introducing herself to those millions of Americans who do not know her or who associate her with the current administration.
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And the candidate also “introduced” herself to her rival, who did not seem inclined to shake hands, approaching and saying: “Nice to meet you, Kamala Harris.” “It’s time to turn the page, my plan is a new path for the future,” emphasized Biden’s deputy, who for the first time distanced herself from her president. Overall, Harris managed to corner her opponent at several moments, with calm and determination but also by stealing some of his most colorful and aggressive expressions. Like when she accused him of “selling out the United States to China” with his chip policy; or when she accused him of being friends with dictators like Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un who “cheer for him because they can manipulate him.”
With the North Korean leader, “they exchanged love letters,” she said sarcastically. Friendship with the Kremlin leader was one of the foreign policy issues on which the vice president attacked most harshly. “If Trump were president, Putin would be sitting in Kiev with his eyes on Europe,” the Democrat pressed, provoking the tycoon by stating that “foreign leaders laugh behind his back.”
Agenzia ANSATaylor Swift endorses Kamala HarrisTaylor Swift announced on Instagram that she will support Kamala Harris in the elections. An endorsement that can sway a lot of votes.”As many of you – reads the long post – watched the debate tonight.” (ANSA)“You are friends with a dictator who would devour you for breakfast.”
Decisive also on abortion – “the government and especially Donald Trump should not tell a woman what to do with her body” – a hot topic of the campaign on which the tycoon, instead, slipped by claiming that Democrats want to allow abortion in the “ninth month” of pregnancy and confusing Virginia with West Virginia. Harris’s strategy was also to remind Americans that the tycoon has already been president with results, in her opinion, disastrous.
Agenzia ANSAMusk: ‘Harris exceeded expectations in the debate but they are just words’ – News – Ansa.it‘I believe that Trump will do a much better job’ (ANSA)“Trump left us with the highest unemployment since the Great Depression. What we did was fix the mess he created,” she attacked, recalling his failed policies on Covid. She also reproached him for not being able to talk about the “crimes of migrants” when he “is convicted and persecuted,” and repaid him with his own coin when talking about the crowds at rallies, said that people leave Trump’s rallies “out of boredom and exasperation.”
Agenzia ANSASilver and CNN, ‘Harris won the debate with Trump’ – News – Ansa.itThe quick TV survey ends 63 to 37 for the vice president (ANSA)On his part, The Donald unleashed the classics of his rhetoric: from Harris being a “Marxist who destroyed the country with crazy policies” to Harris being anti-Israel who will destroy the country within two years of taking office. He managed to make some of his punchlines like when he stopped her saying “I’m talking” referring to the same now famous phrase used by Harris with Mike Pence in the vice-presidential candidate debate. But at times he seemed irritated and nervous, raised his voice, and got confused in front of his calm opponent.
And in addition to the unfortunate comment on abortion, he made a gaffe by repeating the false conspiracy theory that Haitian immigrants eat Americans’ pet cats. When asked about the issue of Harris’s “race,” he couldn’t completely backtrack, dismissing it with a “I couldn’t care less. Whatever she wants to be, it’s fine with me, let her decide.”
In an attempt to corner his opponent on the withdrawal from Afghanistan, a sore point for the Biden administration, in that case, Harris distanced herself by arguing that it was the tycoon who concluded a disastrous deal, even inviting the Taliban to Camp David, a sacred place of the US. In the end, The Donald claimed to have “never debated so well in his life,” accusing the ABC News moderators of being “biased.” Harris, for her part, immediately asked for a second debate, a sign of strength and confidence, and at the end of the debate, even received the valuable endorsement of Taylor Swift.
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