Highlights of the "fiery" debate between the two US presidential candidates

VTV.vn - The Trump - Harris debate is considered to be heated and may greatly influence voters' decisions in the presidential election scheduled to take place on November 5.

On the morning of September 11, Vietnam time, the two candidates for the US presidency, former President Donald Trump and current Vice President Kamala Harris, held their first live debate in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The two candidates debated many topics of interest to the American public. The economy was one of the central topics in the debate when both candidates highlighted their achievements and strongly attacked the other's problems. US Vice President Kamala Harris said: "Remember what Donald Trump has given us. Donald Trump left us with the worst job market since the Great Depression. Trump also caused the most serious health crisis in a century." Former US President Donald Trump justified: "We have a bad economy due to inflation problems. It is very rare that we have to experience such inflation, perhaps the worst in history."

Mr. Trump and Ms. Harris in a live debate held at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on the evening of September 10 (Photo: AFP)

The two candidates also debated topics that the American public is particularly interested in, such as immigration and abortion. In particular, Democratic candidate Kamala Harris opposed restricting women's right to abortion, while Republican candidate Donald Trump criticized border policies that he said were too lax. US Vice President Kamala Harris said: "I have spoken to women across our country. Pregnant women are terrified of the prospect of medical centers refusing to provide abortion services and they will suffer the consequences. Victims of sexual abuse at the age of 12, 13 will be forced to have children against their will. They do not want that to happen." Former US President Donald Trump said: "We have millions of people coming into this country, including people from prisons and mental hospitals. Those people come into our country and take away our people's jobs." The debate is considered to be heated and will likely have a major impact on voters' decisions in the presidential election scheduled to take place next November. Experts say that each minute of this 90-minute debate can affect thousands, tens of thousands of votes, enough to create a very close election. For this live debate, American voters are nervous and excited because this is the first time Ms. Harris and Mr. Trump have met face to face. Voters believe that this debate is a key point in the election campaigns of both candidates, with the potential to shape and influence the election results. Several polls conducted before the debate, which may be the only one between the two, all showed that about 30% of voters who are currently undecided about who to vote for will make a clearer decision after this debate.

The public watched the debate on television (Photo: AFP)

The pressure on both candidates is great because the polls show that there is not much difference between them, and this debate could be an opportunity for each candidate to score or lose points with voters. This is Donald Trump's 7th presidential debate, compared to Kamala Harris's first. Harris is not known to many American voters, but she was a prosecutor with many years of experience in the court system and is not easily defeated. In the 90-minute debate, Trump generally spent more time and continued to attack his opponent, sometimes overwhelming the host. However, Harris showed that she is a brave person, calmly answering questions clearly and easily. For example, when the host asked if her views changed when her position changed, she said that her views may change but her values ​​do not. Or when Mr. Trump said that she was just a Harris clone of President Biden, causing prices to rise, she calmly replied that she was not Biden but had her own plan to develop the country and represented a new generation of American leaders.

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