In the last Trump vs. Biden debate, six topics were addressed during 90 minutes, covering U.S. national security, the response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the incidence of foreign nations such as Russia and China in the upcoming elections. Kristen Welker, this time the moderator of the debate, is the White House correspondent for NBC.
Christian Carlos. Peninsula 360 Press [P360P]
Nashville, Tennessee. The candidates for the presidency of the United States, current President Donald Trump - from the Republican Party - and Vice President Joe Biden - from the Democratic Party - held a debate with a different moderation to the previous one, where the closing of microphones and timed participations were highlighted to avoid the fiasco of the first presidential debate. The elections are 12 days away.
COVID-19
Regarding the COVID-19 pandemic, the first topic of the presidential debate, U.S. re-election candidate Donald J. Trump assured citizens that mortality rates from the new coronavirus have been dropping and he is confident that a vaccine will be ready by the end of 2020. He spoke about his recent positive diagnosis and treatment of the disease, saying it has improved rapidly. He blamed China for dispelling the rumors, even to the point of hiding the disease.
For his part, the Democratic candidate for the presidency of the United States, Joe Biden, accused President Donald Trump of the more than 220,000 deaths caused by COVID-19. He added in the debate the importance of the use of mouthpieces, as well as the urgency of expanding testing programs for the detection of the disease. He claims that Trump lied when he said that the new coronavirus would slow down its infection in hot seasons, the direct intake of chlorine.
National Security
On the subject of the national security of the United States, the American president sent a message to the nations that, if they intervene in the country's elections, "it will be paid without a very high price" and he blamed China, Russia and Iran for the impact on the elections. He also denied that he had received any money from the Russian government, and Trump noted that Biden has earned up to $10 million from shady deals in China. Trump concluded by saying that the U.S. had a good relationship with Hitler--until he decided to invade European territory.
Meanwhile, Joe Biden, Democratic candidate for the US presidency, questioned Trump about why he has not made public statements against Russian President Vladimir Putin to justify his non-intervention stance in the November elections. Biden, for his part, accused Trump of handling his finances on the sly and denied categorically that he had received money from Ukraine and Russia through his son, Hunter Biden.
Family economy
The Republican Party's candidate for re-election to the U.S. presidency, Donald Trump, said Obamacare was "not good" because it forced people to turn to private sector insurers. He says his cabinet is working to change this social security plan into a "beautiful" one. He said that the person responsible for the lack of an economic support program for American families is Nancy Pelosi, in charge of the Lower House.
In contrast, Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden said Obamacare can become a public option for people who cannot access Medicaid and that people can still choose a private insurer anyway. He also opened the window for the possibility of buying drugs at a lower cost in the future. As for support for the family economy, Biden said the Republican representation in the U.S. Senate turned its back on the program that would have been driven by Trump.
Migration
With data in hand, moderator Kristen Welker, White House correspondent for NBC, noted that more than 4,000 infants have been separated from their families during the Trump administration and asked the Republican candidate about his plan to reunite them.
Donald Trump, the Republican Party's candidate for re-election to the U.S. presidency, blamed "coyotes" - people who traffic in people - and Mexican cartels for putting children on U.S. soil.
Joe Biden, the Democratic Party's candidate for the U.S. presidency, says the seriousness lies in the fact that migrant children have been robbed of their right to have a family by being separated from their parents. "It's a crime," Biden said, noting the conditions in which thousands of children are being held in the "cages" Trump built for their detention. He reiterated his support for the continuation of the DACA - Deferred Action for Children - program. "We owe our lives to migrants, who are in the majority in this country," she noted. He said that if he wins the elections on November 3, he will take measures to benefit 11 million undocumented people in order to grant them citizenship.
Racial violence
Republican presidential re-election candidate Donald Trump blamed Biden for not reaching out to the African-American community. He said that "no one has done more" than he has for that community... except Abraham Lincoln. He ended by condemning the Black Lives Matter movement.
On the other hand, the candidate for the U.S. presidency for the Democratic Party, Joe Biden, pointed out Trump as one of the most racist presidents the U.S. nation has had in contemporary history; furthermore, he finished by saying that Trump's policy is spent on exclusion and discrimination and recalled the episode where the U.S. president, Donald Trump, called migrants of Mexican origin "rapists".
Climate change
On the last topic, the lawyer in the last debate between the candidates for the presidency of the United States, Democrat Joe Biden and Republican Donald Trump, both fixed positions with contrasts.
Donald Trump, the Republican Party's candidate for re-election to the U.S. presidency, said, in the abstract, that he has "thousands" of programs and that he "loves" the environment. Again, during his speech he said that the Paris Accord - an agreement that establishes measures for the reduction of Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions through mitigation, adaptation and resilience of ecosystems - is the best way to achieve this. Trump also said he knows "more about wind" than Biden and accused him of being against practices such as hydro-fracturing - "fracking", in Spanish-. In the abstract, he said Biden "knows nothing" about climate.
Joe Biden, the Democratic Party's candidate for the U.S. presidency, said climate change is a real consequence and poses a threat to the preservation of the environment and humanity. If it continues for another four years under Trump, Biden warned, humanity will find itself in serious trouble, most of which cannot be reversed. He spoke in favor of investing in the deployment of a network of charging stations for electric cars on U.S. soil.
Conclusions
Republican presidential re-election candidate Donald Trump again boasted that before the COVID-19 pandemic, the United States had one of the lowest unemployment rates. "We must pool our success," he said. In addition, he said his Democratic counterpart's strategy would lead to a new depression with more widespread regulation.
Democratic Party candidate for the U.S. presidency, Joe Biden, promised that, with the vote and election of the American people, he will represent the will and resolve the issues of concern to the citizens of the United States. "I will bring them hope, not fear. We have the potential to create opportunities for improvement on economic issues and to combat racism," he said.
