First Trump-Biden presidential debate: highlights

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Posted yesterday at 3:07 p.m. EDTUpdated yesterday at 11:47 p.m. EDT

Inflation, abortion, immigration and conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East were discussed.

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President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump face off in the first presidential debate of the 2024 campaign.

Photo : Reuters / Brian Snyder

Donald Trump challenged Joe Biden to take a “cognitive test.” “I took two tests, cognitive tests. I passed them with flying colors. […] Il [Biden] has not passed any,” said the former Republican president.
Donald Trump challenged Joe Biden to take a “cognitive test”. “I took two tests, cognitive tests. I passed them with flying colors […] Il [Biden] “didn’t pass any of them,” the former Republican president said.
Former President Donald Trump refuses to unconditionally recognize the outcome of the upcoming presidential election, but says political violence is “unacceptable.”
Former President Donald Trump refuses to unconditionally recognize the outcome of the upcoming presidential election, but says political violence is “unacceptable.”
Biden criticizes Trump for his “terrible” action against abortion rights. About twenty American states have adopted bans or restrictions on abortion since the overturning of the famous Roe v. Wade jurisprudence.
Biden criticizes Trump for his “terrible” action against abortion rights. Around twenty American states have adopted bans or restrictions on abortion since the overturning of the famous Roe v. jurisprudence. Wade.
Biden accused Trump of “exaggerating” and “lying” about the migration crisis. “There is no data to support what he says,” he insisted, while immigration is one of the main subjects of this presidential campaign.
Biden accused Trump of “exaggerating” and “lying” about the migration crisis. “There is no data to support what he says,” he insisted, while immigration is one of the main subjects of this presidential campaign.
The war in Ukraine would never have happened if the United States had a “leader,” Trump said. The latter was also very critical of the billions of dollars spent to support kyiv in its war against Moscow.
The war in Ukraine would never have happened if the United States had a “leader,” Trump said. The latter was also very critical of the billions of dollars spent to support kyiv in its war against Moscow.
Donald Trump did not answer a question about whether he would support an independent Palestinian state to end the war between Israel and Hamas.
Donald Trump did not answer a question about whether he would support an independent Palestinian state to end the war between Israel and Hamas.
The 90-minute oratorical joust takes place at CNN’s studios in Atlanta, Georgia, and will be moderated by CNN reporters Jake Tapper and Dana Bash.
The 90-minute oratorical joust takes place at CNN’s studios in Atlanta, Georgia, and will be moderated by CNN reporters Jake Tapper and Dana Bash.
To avoid the cacophony and invective of the previous year, in 2020, the show is broadcast without an audience, without teleprompters and the candidates’ microphones will be cut off when their opponent has the floor.
To avoid the cacophony and invective of the previous year, in 2020, the show is broadcast without an audience, without teleprompters and the candidates’ microphones will be cut off when their opponent has the floor.

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23 h 47

That concludes our live coverage of the first debate of this election campaign, between Donald Trump and Joe Biden. Thank you for joining us.
The next oratorical joust, organized by the ABC network, is scheduled for September 10, two months before the November 5 election.
23 h 32

The final word

Joe Biden was the first to speak for a closing statement, in which he focused on the economy. He blamed his predecessor for inflation and rising taxes, arguing that the latter’s years in power had been a debacle.
: Do you think the tax system is fair?”,”text”:”I ask everyone in the audience or watching this debate: Do you think the tax system is fair?”}}”>I ask everyone in the audience or watching this debate: Do you think the tax system is fair?he asked, promising that he will fight for give people a break.
Donald Trump, in his remarks at the end of the debate, notably highlighted the biggest tax cut in history that he established during his years as president, as well as the army that his government rebuilt.
He described his opponent as complainer Who do nothing and again criticized him on issues of immigration and foreign policy management.
The whole country is exploding because of you, because [les Américains] don’t respect you, while they should respect their presidenthe told the Democrat. For three and a half years we have been living in hell.
23 h 11

Trump says he will accept election results if they are fair and legal

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Donald Trump during the debate in Atlanta
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Donald Trump has been asked multiple times if he will accept the results of November’s election, regardless of who wins.

He avoided answering them directly, stressing that he will accept them if it comes to an election. fair, legal and good.
The question of the assault on the Capitol in January 2021 has also returned to the debate.
Is the former president ready to say that any form of political violence is unacceptable? I shouldn’t have to say this, but of course I think it’s totally unacceptable.did he declare. And if you read the statements I made on Twitter at the time, as well as the one I made in the Rose Garden of the White House, you would say that was one of the strongest statements you’ve ever heard.
22 h 58

Biden vows to make the richest pay for Social Security

Joe Biden affirmed that in order to maintain the solvency of American social security, he would be ready to make the richest pay their fair share. He said he would not raise the price for citizens 000dollars”,”text”:”below 400000 dollars”}}”>below $400,000.
He also argued that the greatest threat to this agenda would be the election of Donald Trump.
The Republican responded that his opponent had instead destroyed social security, pointing the finger in particular at the millions of people who migrate to the United States to gain access to it to the detriment of Americans.
22 h 40

Biden goes on the attack on environmental issues

Donald Trump was asked what he would do to fight climate change if he is elected president of the country in November.
After a hesitation, he indicated that he wants perfectly clean waters and pure air, maintaining that during his mandate he had achieved the best numbers in this matter.
Joe Biden replied: He claims he did something to have the cleanest water? The cleanest water? He did nothing for the environment! The president praised his administration for putting in place the most comprehensive climate change legislation in history.
He referred in particular to the $783 billion invested under the American Inflation Reduction Act.
22 h 24

Trump dodges question about Capitol assault

Former President Trump avoided speaking out about the insurrection at the Capitol on January 6, 2021. A debate moderator asked him what he had to say to voters who believe he violated his promise to defend the American Constitution.
Donald Trump responded by instead praising what he left the country in January 2021 in terms of the economy and immigration.
22 h 06

L’immigration, source de tensions

Illegal immigration has been a major point of contention since the start of the debate, with both Biden and Trump claiming to have done a better job of securing the border than their opponents.
Republicans have been accusing Democrats for months of not taking action on this issue. He decided to open our borders, to open our country to people who come from prisons, from psychiatric institutions, from insane asylums, from terroristslaunched Donald Trump.
Joe Biden, for his part, castigated Donald Trump for the intensity of the measures he put in place during his mandate. We found ourselves in a situation where, when he was president, [Donald Trump] separated babies from their mothers, put them in cages, made sure their families were separatedhe lamented.
21 h 54

“I didn’t sleep with a porn star”

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Former US President Donald Trump, accompanied by his lawyers Todd Blanche and Emil Bove, attends his trial at Manhattan court on May 29, 2024 in New York.
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A sentence said by Donald Trump about his criminal trial in New York a few weeks ago.
In this unprecedented trial, the 77-year-old politician was found guilty of 34 counts of falsifying financial documents related to a reimbursement to his former lawyer Michael Cohen for a payment made to an alleged mistress, Stormy Daniels, to favor his electoral victory in 2016.
Stormy Daniels, a former porn star who was paid $130,000 in exchange for her silence, claims she had sex with Donald Trump in 2006.
Who, before 2016, would have thought these words would be uttered during a presidential debate?
21 h 54

Trump says he can resolve the crisis in Ukraine

Donald Trump reiterated that if he is elected president in November, he will be able to end the conflict in Ukraine. However, he did not specify how he would go about it.
The Republican criticized the amount of U.S. aid provided to Ukrainian troops and argued that the invasion of that country would not have happened fundamentally if he had been president.
21 h 42

Difficult start to the evening for Joe Biden

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Democratic candidate President Joe Biden speaks during the debate against his Republican opponent Donald Trump at CNN studios.
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President Joe Biden, who speaks in a low voice, stammered a few times and even lost his train of thought. What probably doesn’t help is that the candidates were not allowed to provide notes.
Democratic sources in the American media do not seem reassured by his performance.
“The reactions I’m getting from Democrats at the start of this debate are not favorable to Biden. People — Biden supporters — who haven’t followed either candidate closely this year are shocked at how much better Trump seems to be expressing himself in this debate,” the reporter wrote. New York Times Reid Epstein.
CNN’s Kasie Hunt even wrote: Many Democratic sources following the debate write to me that they are close to despair about the president’s performance tonight.