Trump: "I have paid millions of dollars in taxes"

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"I am the moderator of this debate, and I thank you for letting me do my job" There were only 13 minutes out of the 90 that the debate lasted when

the journalist for the television network Fox News, had to ask like this, with exquisite education, to

to shut up.

It was a sign of what was to be the first presidential debate between Trump and Democratic candidate

Because six minutes later, Wallace couldn't take it anymore:

Trump constantly interrupted his rival and, often, Wallace himself, to the point that he even gave himself an extra answer despite the fact that the resigned journalist told him "you have already used up your two minutes."

With so much interruption,

Because Biden, although more tempered than has been the trend in his nearly five-decade career in politics, also stepped into Trump's rag on more occasions than his advisers had undoubtedly recommended.

So there were moments bordering on the comedic, with Trump saying "Let me shut you up, Joe," and he responding, "Can you shut up, man?"

At times, Trump went on to have an aggressive tone in the literal sense of the word, as when he said to Biden, in a defiant tone, "do not use the word 'clever' with me," and Biden fell into insult at the umpteenth interruption of Trump when fifteen minutes of debate had not yet passed: "Stop barking, man"

In such a cacophony, there were hardly any memorable moments, the kind that remain for newspaper archives and, in the age of the internet, campaigns and supporters are relentlessly bouncing around.

Most notable: "I've paid millions of dollars in taxes."

This is how Trump responded to the information in the 'New York Times', published on Sunday, that he has had zero taxes for most of the last two decades, and that he only paid 750 dollars (639 euros) in 2016 and 2017. The answer Biden's was predictable: "Show us your Statement."

To ask that of Trump is to ask for the impossible.

So there were no political proposals.

Of course, material for memes and gifs, which seems to be where the political debate has been located in 2020, we have plenty.

There is Donald Trump, saying that when he recommended to the public to inject bleach to combat the coronavirus at the White House, he "meant it sarcastically" (bleach can kill anyone who injects it).

There's Joe Biden insisting that the president "doesn't have a plan," and that "this man pays $ 750 in taxes."

And there are the crosses of insults.

Minute 9, from Trump to Biden: "That's not true."

Minute 10, from Biden to Trump: "That is simply a lie."

Trump tried to turn the debate into a rally.

And Biden wanted, unsuccessfully, to present himself as a statesman.

In the background, the appointment of a new Supreme Court judge, Amy Coney Barrett, and the 206,000 deaths from Covid-19.

In any case, and despite the attention paid to them by the media, the debates do not seem to play an important role when the voter decides their vote.

And less in these elections, which are more about a referendum on Donald Trump than anything else, and in which there are only very few undecided.

As if that were not enough, a fact: thanks to the early voting system in place in the United States, almost a million people have already voted.

The big difference, however, is that these elections are unparalleled, because they are held in the midst of a pandemic that has practically prevented campaigning.

So in these ninety minutes, perhaps many Americans have clarified their ideas.

Although, given the tone of the debate, the most likely is that the average voter agrees with what Juanito said 35 years ago to the Inter Milan players: "Ninety minuti are molto longos."

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