After months of invective, the time for confrontation has come: Joe Biden and Donald Trump, neck and neck in the polls, meet this Thursday for the first debate of the American presidential election.
The highlight of the campaign for the American presidential election is tonight on television: the first debate between American President Joe Biden and his predecessor Donald Trump. A debate without an audience broadcast on CNN from Atlanta. An opportunity to confront the arguments.
The challenge for Joe Biden, 81, is to hold on. Americans are worried about his health and in recent weeks, he has appeared lost several times during official ceremonies, so he will have to reassure. The challenge for Donald Trump is to show how he can govern, while having been convicted of a criminal offence. He will also know his sentence on July 11.
Just one open mic
Donald Trump has already said that Joe Biden could do drugs before participating in the debate. He even suggested that Joe Biden take a screening test before the debate, which the president’s team clearly refused. Trump also declared during a meeting in Philadelphia that he suspected Joe Biden’s teams of putting him “a sting in the butt” before the debate to boost him.
The debate will last 90 minutes and the two men will be alone.
In the CNN studio in Atlanta, there will be no audience, only the two candidates, an anchor and a female anchor. The presidents will have on their desk, a pen, a blank notepad and a bottle of water. Finally, the microphone of the person who does not speak will be muted to avoid any cacophony.
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