Countdown to first debate between Harris and Trump

On September 10, at 9 p.m. Eastern Time, the two presidential candidates of the US election, Harris and Trump, will participate in a TV debate hosted by the American Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania!

This will be the first time Harris has faced Trump head-on since the Democratic Party changed its leadership. The rules of the debate will follow the "mute microphone" clause from the June debate (when one party speaks, the other party turns off the microphone).

The "battle" process of this debate can be described as twists and turns.

Initially, Trump suggested moving the debate platform to the conservative Fox News channel, but the Harris team rejected it. Afterwards, Trump issued a proposal to "make appointments" for two more debates in addition to the ABC-sponsored debates. The Harris team believed that it needed to be "re-discussed." After the two sides basically decided to start a "war of words" on September 10, the campaign teams of the two parties continued to argue over the issue of "whether to open the microphone."

The rule was insisted upon by Trump's campaign because, despite his debate experience, Trump is combative and easily provoked. If she chooses to "open the mic", Harris only needs to provoke Trump frequently and force Trump to interrupt her, and then she can continue to use the 2020 strategy-"I am speaking" to divert attention (in 2020 During the debate with Pence, Harris scolded Pence for interrupting her speech ("Mr. Vice President, I am speaking") to cover up her shortcomings in policy opinions. At the same time, it cooperated with mainstream media propaganda to describe Trump as the loser in the debate.

At present, Trump is still active in various campaign activities, while Harris has retreated early and is conducting mock debate exercises in Pennsylvania, just like Biden did in the past, using a Trump stand-in as a debate speaker. Do a rehearsal. It can be seen from this that the Trump team is more confident than Harris.

After all, Trump’s eight-year political career has been full of challenges and questions. He has participated in six U.S. presidential election debates—more than any candidate in U.S. history. He has rich experience and eloquence.

And Trump continues to show an uncanny instinct for capitalizing on politically important moments in front of the cameras, such as when he pumped his fist and shouted "fight" after an assassination attempt in July. He has a sixth sense for knowing when the big moment is going to come, the moment that everyone will be talking about and that might go viral.

On the other hand, Harris only started running for president two months ago. She has spent much less time in the national spotlight than Trump, and has not held a single interview or press conference so far. Her experience in this area is bound to be incomparable. Compared to Trump.

Secondly, in terms of policy propositions, Trump has been away from the presidency for four years. As a non-incumbent party with a distinctive personality, he has a lot of room to play. He can even make random promises in order to please voters.

During her tenure as state attorney general, federal senator, and vice president, Harris made many unflattering decisions and bills, and her positions were also different. Now in order to run for president, she must change her stance on many things, which is normal, but how to defend the rationality of her actions is a problem. Harris was criticized for not having a consistent policy stance when she failed to run for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2020.

However, time is not forgiving. In the last debate, Trump's liveliness was in sharp contrast to Biden's senility, winning him votes in one fell swoop. This time, the 78-year-old Trump faces the 59-year-old Harris, and his advanced age may also become a burden for him. This will be the first time in many years that he will publicly compete with a much younger debate opponent. His faster reaction speed and sharp rhetoric are Harry's biggest advantages.