In the last Trump versus Biden debate, six topics were addressed during 90 minutes, covering U.S. national security, the response to the pandemic caused by COVID-19, the impact of foreign nations such as Russia and China in the upcoming elections. Kristen Welker, this time the debate moderator, is NBC's White House correspondent.
Christian Carlos. Peninsula 360 Press [P360P] .
Nashville, Tennessee. The candidates to the presidency of the United States, the current president Donald Trump ?of the Republican Party? and the vice-president Joe Biden ?of the Democratic Party? held a debate with a different moderation than the previous one, where the closing of microphones and timed participations stand out 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 death rates from the new coronavirus have been declining and he is confident that a vaccine will be ready by the end of 2020. He spoke about his recent positive diagnosis and treatment for the disease, saying it has been improving rapidly. He blamed China for dispelling rumors, even to the point of hiding the disease.
For his part, the Democratic candidate for the U.S. presidency, Joe Biden, blamed President Donald Trump for the more than 220,000 deaths caused by COVID-19. He added in the debate the importance of the use of face masks, 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 ingestion of chlorine.
National Security
Regarding the issue of US national security, the US president sent a message to the nations that, if they intervene in the country's elections, "a very high price will be paid" and blamed China, Russia and Iran for influencing the elections. He further denied that he had received money from the Russian government; on the other hand, Trump pointed out that Biden has earned up to $10 million from shady business dealings in China. Trump concluded by saying that the United States had a good relationship with Hitler? until he decided to invade European territory.
Meanwhile, Joe Biden, Democratic candidate for the presidency of the United States, challenged Trump on why he has not made public his statements against the President of Russia, Vladimir Putin, in order to justify his stance of non-intervention before the November elections. Biden, for his part, accused Trump of managing his finances on the sly and categorically denied that he had received money from Ukraine and Russia through his son, Hunter Biden.
Household economy
The candidate for re-election to the US presidency for the Republican Party, Donald Trump, said that Obamacare "is not good", as it forced the population to go to private sector insurers. He affirms, that his cabinet is working to change this social security plan for 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, the U.S. presidential candidate for the Democratic Party, Joe Biden, said that Obamacare can become a public option for people who cannot access Medicaid and that, in any case, people can continue to opt for a private insurer. In addition, he opened the window so that, in the future, there will be the possibility of acquiring medicines at a lower cost. Regarding support for the family economy, Biden pointed out that the Republican representation in the U.S. Senate turned its back on the program that would have been promoted by Trump.
Migration
With data in hand, moderator Kristen Welker, White House correspondent for NBC, pointed out that, during the Trump administration, more than 4,000 children have been separated from their families 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 smugglers - and Mexican cartels for bringing children into U.S. territory.
Joe Biden, the Democratic candidate for U.S. president, says the gravity lies in the fact that migrant children have been stripped of their right to a family by being separated from their parents. "It's criminal," Biden said as he pointed to 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 program - Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. "We owe our lives to migrants, who are the majority in the country," he stressed. He said that, if he wins the elections this November 3, he will take measures that will benefit 11 million undocumented people to grant them citizenship.
Racial violence
Republican presidential re-election candidate Donald Trump blamed Biden for not having an outreach to the African descent community. He said that "no one has done more" than him for that community...with the exception of 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 to Trump as one of the most racist presidents that the U.S. nation has had in contemporary history; in addition, he concluded by saying that Trump's policy is based 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 issue advocated in the latest debate between the candidates for the U.S. presidency, Democrat Joe Biden and Republican Donald Trump, both set out contrasting positions.
Donald Trump, candidate for re-election to the US presidency for the Republican Party, said, in the abstract, that he has "thousands" of programs and that he "loves" the environment. Again, during his speech, he maintained that the Paris Agreement - an agreement that establishes measures for the reduction of Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions through mitigation, adaptation and ecosystem resilience - is the best way to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Trump also pointed out that he knows "more about wind" than Biden and accused him of being against practices such as hydrofracturing (fracking). In the abstract, he pointed out that Biden "knows nothing" about the climate.
Joe Biden, the U.S. presidential candidate for the Democratic Party, said that climate change is a real consequence and poses a threat to the preservation of the environment and humanity. If another four years continue 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. territory.
Conclusions
Republican Party candidate for re-election to the U.S. presidency Donald Trump again boasted that, prior to the pandemic caused by COVID-19, the U.S. nation boasted one of the lowest unemployment rates. "We are to be rallied by our success," he noted. He further said that his Democratic counterpart's strategy would bring about a new depression with more widespread regulation.
The candidate for the U.S. presidency for the Democratic Party, Joe Biden, promised that, with the vote and the election of the American people, he will represent the will and resolve the pending issues that concern the citizens of the United States. "I will bring them hope and not fear. We have the potential to create opportunities to improve on economic issues and combat racism," he concluded.
