Trump vs Biden: Gentlemen's Debate or Cowboy Fist?

Joe Biden and Donald Trump.

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Before the analysis of the arguments, it is indeed the verbal and physical behaviors of the two men which will be scrutinized this Tuesday evening, in the context of extreme acrimony which agitates the two camps.

Basically, several themes must be addressed during this first major debate, scheduled to last 90 minutes: the Covid-19 epidemic, the Supreme Court, the economy, racial issues, the balance sheets of the two candidates or " the integrity of the ballot ”.

Donald Trump has here an opportunity to reverse the trend and catch up with the delay that has distanced him from his Democratic opponent in the polls since the start of the campaign.

More than 100 million viewers are expected in front of their posts.

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Until the last hours preceding the debate, attacks and accusations rocketed from both sides of the two teams, immediately denied before being dismissed like a boomerang.

An anthology as an appetizer:

The former Democratic vice-president made public during the day his tax sheets for the year 2019, a blow directly addressed to the tenant of the White House, weakened by

of the

on his tax situation and his indebtedness.

The Trump team implied that Joe Biden, whose mental and physical health she regularly questions, could use ... an earpiece during the evening.

These innuendos were categorically swept aside by the Democratic camp, which for its part assured that the president's team had asked the moderator of the debate

not to mention the number of deaths from the Covid (more than 205,000 in the United States). United).

This claim was itself called a " 

 " by Tim Murtaugh, communications director for Team Trump.

Finally, a spokeswoman for the Democratic candidate denied the assertion of the opposing camp that Joe Biden would wear an earpiece during the debate.

Everything separates the two septuagenarian candidates.

Donald Trump showed up once, in 2016, and created the biggest surprise in modern political history.

Entered politics half a century ago, Joe Biden, senator then vice-president, hopes that his third attempt for the White House (he had already run for the Democratic primaries in 1988 and 2008) will be the right one.

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