Trump / Biden debate: a few hits but no KO, we summarize the last round

To do worse than the first debate would have been complicated.

But it is clear that the final debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden last night in Nashville was relatively constructive and respectful, undoubtedly highlighting even more the basic differences between the two men.

Here's what to remember.

On the form ...

The exchanges, although lively, were clearly more audible than the previous time, when the 77-year-old Democrat had called the 45th President of the United States, 74, a "liar", a "racist" then “clown”.

To avoid the cacophony, the organizers had decided for this final debate to cut the microphone of a candidate during the first two minutes of speaking of the other for each question.

The Plexiglas walls that had been installed on the stage to separate the two septuagenarians were finally removed.

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On the coronavirus.

"Someone who is responsible for so many deaths should not be able to remain President of the United States of America."

At the opening of their final televised debate, 12 days before the poll, Joe Biden strangled Donald Trump on his management of the coronavirus crisis, which he said disqualifies him from remaining in power.

The Democratic candidate predicted "a dark winter" for the most bereaved country in the world, with more than 222,000 deaths from the coronavirus.

Donald Trump, himself diagnosed with Covid-19 three weeks ago, assured that his administration was "very firmly" fighting the pandemic and accused his opponent of wanting to "re-define" the United States.

"Innocent baby".

As announced, the Republican President asked Joe Biden to "explain himself" on allegations of corruption concerning the activities of his son Hunter in China and Ukraine, when the Democratic candidate was vice-president of Barack Obama (2009-2017).

"Never in my life have I taken a cent from a foreign source," protested the Democrat, who has so far dodged questions on this subject by being ultra-protective of his family.

"Don't try to present yourself as an innocent baby!"

», Denounced Donald Trump.

Kim Jong Un ... and Hitler.

The debate also devoted an important part to diplomacy, the opportunity for Joe Biden to denounce the relationship between Kim Jong Un and his rival.

" What did he do?

He legitimized North Korea ”, assured the former vice-president of Obama.

"He spoke of it like his good friend, who is a thug."

Donald Trump, who has met the North Korean leader three times, boasted of having warded off the threat of "nuclear war" and his "very good relationship" with North Korea.

“It's like saying we had a good relationship with Hitler before he invaded Europe,” Joe Biden said.

“Criminal” immigration.

The Democrat also attacked Donald Trump on immigration, accusing him of having pursued a "criminal" policy vis-à-vis migrant children.

According to an American association for the defense of human rights, the parents of some 545 children of migrants who had been separated in the United States after illegally crossing the border, could not be located.

"These children are alone, nowhere to go (...) it's criminal", lambasted the former vice-president.

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Oil and Key States.

The Democratic candidate has finally taken a risk by ensuring that if elected, he "would gradually turn away from the oil industry".

"It's a hell of a statement," laughed the Republican.

"Remember that, Texas? Ohio? Pennsylvania?"

», Launched Donald Trump in the direction of the voters of these key States, where Joe Biden appears able to dispute the victory to the Republican billionaire.

Opposite, Donald Trump, who regularly makes climate-skeptical remarks assured that the United States had not benefited from such "clean" air and water for years.

And brushed aside the use of renewable energies, assuring about wind power: “It kills all birds.

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"Success is going to bring us together"

Trump says "if he gets in you will have a depression, the likes of which you've never seen" in his final statement at the last presidential debate ahead of the US election # Debates2020 https: //t.co/8FlGMGJgcS pic.twitter.com/By37yncyWY

- BBC News (World) (@BBCWorld) October 23, 2020

Who won ?

"The two candidates have clearly learned the lessons of their first debate," Aaron Kall, professor at the University of Michigan and specialist in presidential duels, told AFP. "A status quo after tonight's debate will likely be seen as good news for Biden's campaign, which enjoys a stable lead in polls nationally and in key states," he said. he added however.