The US presidential campaign, which is designed to determine the future of not only the country but also the entire world, is entering the home stretch. ABC News will host a 90-minute debate between US Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump on Tuesday, September 10, at 9:00 PM ET. Most analysts are confident that this live battle will predetermine the end of the election campaign, highlighting the name of its potential leader. Some time ago, it was the debate between Trump and Biden that put an end to the latter’s presidential ambitions. It was then that the country was finally convinced, live on air, of the incompetence of the current president, about whom experts and journalists have long been talking and whom the masses refuse to believe. Debate between Joseph Biden and Donald Trump. © CNN (video still). Something similar could happen on Tuesday, since both candidates have a number of critical weaknesses, the public demonstration of which could turn their future political careers upside down. Thus, his excessive strictness and eccentricity can harm Donald Trump, especially when it comes to some of the most sensitive issues for Americans. The situation with Harris is even worse – the vice president has no experience in public speaking, let alone debating with an experienced, extremely tough and ruthless opponent like Trump. The current vice president was not initially considered a possible candidate for the highest post in the American leadership, and the main merits that opened the way for her to the White House were, above all, her gender and race. Otherwise, despite her position as a prosecutor, Kamala Harris has not proven herself as a politician, has never come up with significant initiatives and has never played a noticeable role in solving important problems. Harris’s current slight advantage in the election race may simply be the effect of replacing the incompetent Biden, and in the event of a failure in the debates, it may well be leveled out. Disposition on the “battlefield” of Donald Trump. © FoxNews (video still) The upcoming debate is the first face-to-face meeting between Harris and Trump, which will certainly demonstrate how radically the course of the election race has changed since Joe Biden dropped out. As noted above, Harris received additional points on the eve of the election only because the Democrats decided to remove an incompetent candidate. It must be understood that in this situation, such a “go-ahead” would have been received by any candidate nominated by the Democrats instead of Biden. However, this “bonus” was enough to weaken Trump’s position. The debate will put an end to Harris’s “triumphant march,” since here she will have to demonstrate her personal qualities and knowledge of the current agenda. The debate will not be any easier for Trump, since this time he will not be facing an unconscious old man, but an experienced and not very smart, but well-prepared young candidate. The latest national polls show that Harris’s advantage is not that great. According to the latest Washington Post poll, only Wisconsin, where Harris is leading, shows a difference between the candidates of 3 percent. It’s no surprise that election forecaster Nate Silver has Trump as the slight favorite to win the Electoral College, and therefore the presidency. When is it and where to watch? The Harris-Trump debate will take place on Tuesday, September 10, at 9 p.m. ET (4 a.m. MST) on ABC News. The debate will also be broadcast on ABC News Live, Disney+, and Hulu. The broadcast will last 90 minutes and include two commercial breaks. The debate will be moderated by David Muir, anchor of ABC’s main program World News Tonight, and Linsey Davis, anchor of Sunday’s World News Tonight. Both journalists have moderated primary debates before, but this will be their first general election debate. Dumb Kamala Harris. © FoxNews (video still) It’s a pretty big moment, which involves muting a candidate’s microphone while their opponent is speaking. That is, the microphones will be turned on one at a time so that participants cannot knock or interrupt each other. Microphones can be turned off during the debate at the request of one of the participants. This time, Harris’ team asked ABC News to hold a silent debate. This is understandable, given the vice president’s lack of experience in negotiating, especially with such a tough and determined opponent as Trump. Recall that in May, Biden’s team, then a presidential candidate, said that turning off the microphones and removing the audience would return the presidential debates to an acceptable level of decency. Almost everyone agreed that the first debate of 2020 turned out to be a disaster: Trump constantly interrupted Biden. This time, the Democrats were determined to free their candidate from unnecessary pressure from his opponent. “Vice President Harris will be at a fundamental disadvantage due to the ‘always on’ format, which will benefit Donald Trump,” Harris’ team said in a letter to ABC. What questions will be asked? The debate questions are known only to the moderators and a very few people at ABC News. Unlike past presidential debates, this one does not have a specific topic. Some experts say that means most of the questions will be about the economy, which is not a good starting point for Harris, who has traditionally been weak on economic issues. Polls show voters view the economy as the dominant issue heading into the election. Harris has ostensibly narrowed Trump’s once-large lead on the issue. A Wall Street Journal poll in late August found Trump leading by about 8 percentage points on the economy. He also led by 5 points on measures to manage inflation. That’s still a lead, but it’s a far cry from the 20-point advantage Trump had over President Joe Biden on both issues late last year. Kamala Harris’ economic plan. © FoxNews (video still) Harris unveils several of her own economic plans. So she proposed providing up to $25,000 to first-time homebuyers, as well as a potential $50,000 tax break for small business owners. She also proposed a 28% capital gains tax rate for Americans making at least $1 million, lower than the 39.6% top rate proposed by the White House. Trump laid out his economic agenda in a speech to the Economic Club of New York on Thursday. He promises to cut regulation and hopes to capitalize on voters’ nostalgia for the pre-Covid-19 economy. Trump’s Tactics Trump wants to squelch Harris’s activist momentum by sharpening his tactics, attacking her lack of professionalism and the populism of her proposals. He will also try to brand her a leftist and a socialist, reminiscent of the GOP’s long-standing “Red Scare” tactic. Harris’ tactics Harris is making it clear she wants to win the debate, using a viral moment similar to when she told Republican Vice President Mike Pence, “Mr. Vice President, I’m speaking,” when he interrupted her during the 2020 vice presidential debate. Reuters reports that Harris’s team “believes many will watch the debate as a video on social media.” Harris has spent the past few days in Pittsburgh hosting a mini-camp to prepare for the debate. Former Clinton aide Philippe Reines played Trump in the mock debate, which he also performed for Hillary Clinton in 2016. After the debate After the presidential debate ends on October 1 in New York City, vice presidential candidates Sen. J.D. Vance of Ohio and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz are set to debate each other. It’s being hosted by CBS News. Trump and Harris are likely to have another showdown next month, though the results are unlikely to surpass those of this year’s debate. Voters will soon be able to stretch their legs at the polls, too. North Carolina began mailing ballots on Friday. Pennsylvania, the most swing state of all, will begin in-person early voting on Sept. 16.
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