Bizarre TV duel moment: Trump is praising himself with superlatives - stunned observers see counter-evidence in the studio

Donald Trump is not prone to humility.

But a claim in the TV duel with Joe Biden surprised many observers in particular.

Nashville / Washington

-

and

survived

the last

before the US election *

without any major verbal abuses

.

Most of all, a comparison with Hitler from Biden's mouth stood out from the otherwise decent duel.

At least that applies to the way the two

deal

with each other.

On the

other hand,

when it comes to the hot topic of

, Trump once again reaped incredulous astonishment and some horror in the first reactions to the evening.

Donald Trump astonishes viewers in the TV duel: US President less “racist” than the black presenter?

Trump's answer to critical questions from

caused ridicule on social networks

.

She wanted to know from Trump * what he replied to allegations that he fueled a

in the United States.

The US President's response: “As for my relationships with all people, I have great relationships with all people.

I am the least racist person in this room. "

Welker himself continued to question the incumbent unmoved.

On

, however, some observers wanted to point out this moment.

Actress

thanked Welker for the question - and added: "Furthermore: Can we all take a second to appreciate that Trump told Kristen Welker ... to a black woman ... that he was the least." There is a racist person in the room? ”The

was also amazed.

"The most memorable moment in the debate for me," he said.

The most memorable part of the debate for me: President Trump said "I'm the least racist person in this room."

Kristen Welker, a black woman, was in the room. # PresidentialDebate2020 # Debates2020 pic.twitter.com/xf8Qo4QEpO

- Eric Cox (@EricCoxTV) October 23, 2020

US election 2020: Trump railed against immigrants in TV duel - "Only those with the lowest IQ ..."

Trump sowed doubts about his self-praise with another statement in the course of the

.

In the dispute over the

, the US president said that among the

under the aegis of his predecessor Barack Obama and his

only those with the “lowest IQ” appeared at court hearings on their residence status.

The background to the statement is the practice at the time of releasing

before a court date.

Trump called this a disaster - and claimed that less than one percent of those affected had appeared on these dates.

"That's not true," replied Biden.

In fact, Trump seems to have exaggerated this question massively: According to the factchecker portal

, 60 to 75 percent of the people came to these hearings.

TV duel with Biden: Trump warns again of “murderers” and “rape” - Biden is more liberal than the EU

The drastic vocabulary Trump used on this topic also seemed noticeable: He warned that

and

would enter the country this way - possibly an echo of his first appearances as a presidential candidate in 2015. At that time, Trump was mainly against Mexican Immigrants weathered.

The

stressed elsewhere that children were

brought into the United States

by “coyotes” -

- and “cartels, lots of bad people”.

Biden also contradicted this - as did the

.

Fact check: Migrant children separated by the Trump administration during Zero Tolerance came with their families, not coyotes.

We know.

We worked with the children who were sent to shelters after being separated.

Facts matter.

- RAICES (@RAICESTEXAS) October 23, 2020

Some observers interpreted Trump's objection regarding the “lowest IQ” migrants to his disadvantage.

The

journalist

judged

in a tweet

that it was “classic Trump logic”

: “Only stupid people follow the rules”.

In the debate, Biden also criticized

- and despite the heated debate in the US, he was more liberal than the European Union.

Trump is "the first president in the history of the United States of America" ​​to demand that

in another country seek admission to the United States.

Such a system is currently also being debated in the EU.

In some cases it seems to be already in force with the reception and redistribution of asylum seekers, for example in Greek camps.

Incidentally, the first polls presented Biden as the winner of the evening - but it appears that Trump also benefited from his more moderate demeanor.

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