Clinton on debate style ahead of TV duel "Trump starts with nonsense and then rambles on"
A highlight of the US election campaign is coming up this week: the first TV debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump this year. One of Trump's former opponents is critical of his style on the TV stage.
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- In the USA, the TV debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden is just around the corner.
- Former US Secretary of State and one-time presidential candidate Hillary Clinton knows from three TV debates against Trump what could be in store for Biden.
- In a new guest article for the New York Times, Clinton writes about Trump's debate style, saying he unleashed a "blizzard of interruptions, insults and lies that overwhelmed the moderators and did a disservice to voters who wanted to learn about our vision for the country".
- Clinton goes on to write, "He starts with nonsense and then digresses into blather. This has only gotten worse in the years since our debate."
Former US presidential candidate Hillary Clinton does not have fond memories of her TV debates against Republican Donald Trump. Shortly before the highly anticipated televised debate between Trump and US President Joe Biden, Clinton wrote about her own experiences with Trump from the 2016 election year in a guest article for the "New York Times" published on Tuesday. "I know the unbearable pressure you're under when you take the stage, and that it's almost impossible to focus on the content when Mr. Trump is there," the former US Secretary of State reported on her duel encounters from eight years ago, when she ran for the Democrats against Trump.
In the three TV debates back then, Trump unleashed a "blizzard of interruptions, insults and lies that overwhelmed the moderators and did a disservice to voters who wanted to learn about our vision for the country," she lamented. "It's a waste of time to try to refute Mr. Trump's arguments as you would in a normal debate. It's almost impossible to see what his arguments even are," the 76-year-old mocked. "He starts with nonsense and then digresses into blather. This has only gotten worse in the years since our debate." Trump tends to interrupt and bully in order to appear dominant and try to throw his opponent off his game, she said. In her case, he even sneaked around her on stage.
In a debate against Clinton in 2016, Trump had at times positioned himself behind his rival and lurked around her neck during her speeches. Trump's behavior caused some mockery online at the time.
Biden and Trump in a TV duel back in 2020
On Thursday evening, June 27 (3 a.m. on Friday our time), Trump and Biden will face each other in a TV debate for the first time in the current presidential election campaign. The two had already appeared together on the TV stage in the 2020 election year. Back then, Trump was the incumbent and Biden the challenger - this time the roles have been reversed. blue News reports live in the ticker all the important events of the first Trump vs Biden TV debate.
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