Donald Trump reunites with his Democratic opponent Joe Biden on Thursday 22 October for a final televised duel in Nashville (Tennessee) which promises to be extremely tense 12 days before the presidential election.
Their first debate, at the end of September in Cleveland (Ohio), had turned into a fight.
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Leading the polls, the 77-year-old Democratic candidate had called the 45th President of the United States, 74, a "
liar
", "
racist
" and then "
clown
".
“
There is nothing smart about you,
” the former New York businessman retorted.
And there is nothing to indicate that the tone will be, this time, more courteous or more constructive, even if the two candidates will be separated by plexiglass walls due to the Covid-19.
To avoid the cacophony of their first confrontation, the microphones of the two candidates will be cut when they will not have the floor.
Donald Trump had refused a virtual debate on October 15, a format proposed to avoid the risk of infection after his positive diagnosis with the coronavirus.
Attacks on Biden's family
Fearing to be the president of a single term, the Republican has accentuated in recent days his personal attacks on the integrity of his opponent, hammering that the Biden family is a "
criminal enterprise
".
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The US president has been hammering for several weeks, without concrete evidence to support it, that the Biden family is guilty of corruption, and called on the Minister of Justice to investigate.
His angle of attack?
Hunter Biden's business in Ukraine and China, when his father, Joe, was Vice President to Barack Obama (2009-2017).
Very sensitive to attacks against his family, which sometimes cause him to get carried away, Joe Biden must prepare the parade for these expected blows.
Already more than 42 million Americans have voted by mail or in person, some 30% of the total turnout in 2016, according to the independent organization Elections Project.
