For the first time on the presidential debate stage in Philadelphia on 10th September on Tuesday night, Donald Trump and Kamala Harris met on the show for a debate. Though Harris may have been lightly on policies, she was able to bait Trump in an Unhinged into some traps.
How Harris Cornered Trump During The Presidential Debate?
When they met at the presidential debate and shaked hands but they didn’t hit it off. In a mere 90 minutes, Harris didn’t hesitate to frequently rattled the former president with personal attacks that threw him off message and raised the temperature of this highly-anticipated contest.
Harris pointed out many activities of Trump, like his conduct during the Capitol riot, and on the officials who served in his administration who have since become outspoken critics of his campaign repeatedly left Trump on the back foot.
In the entire debate Harris was goading her Republican rival into making extended defences of his past conduct and comments which Trump gladly obliged by raising his voice at times and shaking his head.
When Harris was asked an early question about immigration, She referred to Americans that they should go to a Trump rally because they were illuminating. Harris said that,“People start leaving the rallies early out of exhaustion and boredom.”
The former president (Trump) was clattered by that after that thing Trump spent most of his answer defending his rally sizes and belittling Harris, which is one of his main areas of strength as a topic.
How Trump Did On The Presidential Debate !
From there Donald Trump went ahead to an extended riff on a debunked report that Haitian immigrants in the town of Springfield, Ohio, were abducting and eating their neighbors’ pets.
When CNN did a poll from voters who were watching the presidential debate the result said that Harris did better than trump.And then when the topics were about the economy and abortion, Harris did an excellent job on putting Trump on the defensive which was clear early in the evening. This could be a momentary snapshot.
Many Americans are unhappy about the Biden administration of which Harris is a key member and has handled inflation and the economy, it was indicated by Public opinion surveys.
Then Harris turned to a topic about Trump’s proposed across-the-board tariffs which she labeled as a “Trump sales tax” and then she brought up the topic of Project 2025, a controversial independent conservative plan for a future Republican administration.
But as he has done in the past, He distanced himself from the project and defended his tariff plan.Trump also brought up the topic about the Biden administration in his first presidency which had kept many of the tariffs. Though these were valid points, he couldn’t cornered her by hammering the vice-president on inflation and consumer prices.
From time to time as the evening progressed, Harris cornered Trump and put him on the defensive with jabs and barbs that he could have ignored but he couldn’t comprehend well with these matters.
Conclusion
There were many topics which gave Harris the upper hand by cornering Trump into his own actions. That should indicate how well the Democrats think Tuesday night went for Harris. There were many people Commented on the debate performance like:
Moustafa Bayoumi said ‘Trump was flailing’,
LaTosha Brown: said, ‘A steady hand versus reckless impulsiveness’,
Ben Davis said, ‘Harris didn’t sketch out much of a governing agenda’,
Lloyd Green said ‘Harris won the evening’
Bhaskar Sunkara said ‘Harris was at her best portraying Trump as an out-of-touch elite’.
