Clinton and Trump spar at first Presidential Debate
Tue Sep 27, 2016 06:59:pm World
3.4K By Buchi Obichie
The first of 3 US Presidential debates has concluded; and Democratic and
Republican candidates, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, engaged in an
occasionally raw series of clashes on topics from trade policy to the
Iran deal to Trump's taxes.
The Republican candidate came out swinging on NAFTA and on, he said, his Democratic rival's failed record of public service; however, Clinton's performance was magisterial. She slipped easily into the details of many policy areas cyber warfare, community policing, paid family leave that Trump could not touch.
Clinton also scored the biggest moment of wit, at the end of a long Trump boast about his temperament, which he delivered hotly. "Whew, OK!" she said when he was through, smiling.
Clinton flayed Trump on his refusal to release his tax returns, on his "long record" of "racist behavior," on his lack of knowledge about the deal to withdraw US troops from Iraq, on climate change being a Chinese "hoax," and on and on. But his best line was: "Hillary's got experience but it's bad experience."
Clinton's best line (apart from "whew, OK!"): "I think Donald just criticized me for preparing for this debate. And yes I did. And you know what else I prepared for? I prepared to be president. And that's a good thing."
Clinton's runner-up best line, in reply to a Trump charge that "we don't have the money because it's been squandered on your ideas", was: "Maybe it's because you haven't paid your taxes!"
Trump also interrupted Clinton on multiple occasions: twenty-five times in one five minute period.
He lost altitude quickly after the first half hour, shifting from pointed interruptions to a more incoherent, sloppy pattern of interruption.
Trump tried to deny five years of spreading birtherism the conspiracy theory that Barack Obama was born outside the US. Clinton replied sharply: "It can't be dismissed that easily ... He has a long record in engaging in racist behavior."
Trump cast doubt on the notion that the hacking of the Democratic National Committee was Russia-backed. He said it may have been China, or bizarrely, a "400lb person sitting on their bed".
Clinton said neighborhood security would come from community policing and getting guns off streets while Trump called for "law and order" and "stop-and-frisk".
Clinton poked fun at Trump's unlimited indictment of her record. "I have a feeling that by the end of this evening everything is going to be my fault," she said. Then Trump agreed with her.
The debate took place at Hofstra University, New York, and it was moderated by Lester Holt.
The Republican candidate came out swinging on NAFTA and on, he said, his Democratic rival's failed record of public service; however, Clinton's performance was magisterial. She slipped easily into the details of many policy areas cyber warfare, community policing, paid family leave that Trump could not touch.
Clinton also scored the biggest moment of wit, at the end of a long Trump boast about his temperament, which he delivered hotly. "Whew, OK!" she said when he was through, smiling.
Clinton flayed Trump on his refusal to release his tax returns, on his "long record" of "racist behavior," on his lack of knowledge about the deal to withdraw US troops from Iraq, on climate change being a Chinese "hoax," and on and on. But his best line was: "Hillary's got experience but it's bad experience."
Clinton's best line (apart from "whew, OK!"): "I think Donald just criticized me for preparing for this debate. And yes I did. And you know what else I prepared for? I prepared to be president. And that's a good thing."
Clinton's runner-up best line, in reply to a Trump charge that "we don't have the money because it's been squandered on your ideas", was: "Maybe it's because you haven't paid your taxes!"
Trump also interrupted Clinton on multiple occasions: twenty-five times in one five minute period.
He lost altitude quickly after the first half hour, shifting from pointed interruptions to a more incoherent, sloppy pattern of interruption.
Trump tried to deny five years of spreading birtherism the conspiracy theory that Barack Obama was born outside the US. Clinton replied sharply: "It can't be dismissed that easily ... He has a long record in engaging in racist behavior."
Trump cast doubt on the notion that the hacking of the Democratic National Committee was Russia-backed. He said it may have been China, or bizarrely, a "400lb person sitting on their bed".
Clinton said neighborhood security would come from community policing and getting guns off streets while Trump called for "law and order" and "stop-and-frisk".
Clinton poked fun at Trump's unlimited indictment of her record. "I have a feeling that by the end of this evening everything is going to be my fault," she said. Then Trump agreed with her.
The debate took place at Hofstra University, New York, and it was moderated by Lester Holt.
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