Donald Trump vs Joe Biden Presidential Debate 2024 Live Updates: The first US presidential election debate between US President Joe Biden and his Republican rival Donald Trump has concluded.
US Presidential Debate, Donald Trump vs Joe Biden 2024 Live: The first US presidential election debate between President Joe Biden and his Republican rival Donald Trump has concluded. A myriad of topics including Russia-Ukraine, Israel-Hamas wars, Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, inflation, childcare, and climate crisis were debated by the two presidential candidates.
Commenting on the Russia-Ukraine war, Trump said, “Biden did nothing to stop Russia. In fact, he encouraged Russia to go into the war.” Hitting back, Biden said Russian President Vladimir Putin is a war criminal and wants to reestablish the Soviet Empire. While commenting on the Israel Hamas war, Biden was of the stance that Hamas should never be allowed to continue. Trump again hit back at Biden
Biden, the 81-year-old Democratic incumbent lauded the Paris Peace Accord he signed during his tenure while Trump defended himself saying it cost a million dollars to US while other countries like India had to pay nothing. Trump, 78, claimed that the environment was in the best condition during his Presidency.
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Time =11:08 (IST)
Date =28 JUN 2024
Trump vs Biden US Presidential Debate 2024 Live: What were some misleading claims made during the debate today?
Here’s a look at some of the false claims made during Biden and Trump’s first debate:
JANUARY 6 ATTACK
TRUMP: “They talk about a relatively small number of people that went to the Capitol and in many cases were ushered in by the police.”
THE FACTS: That’s false. The attack on the US Capitol was the deadliest assault on the seat of American power in over 200 years. As thoroughly documented by video, photographs and people who were there, thousands of people descended on Capitol Hill in what became a brutal scene of hand-to-hand combat with police.In an internal memo on March 7, 2023, U.S. Capitol Police Chief J. Thomas Manger said that the allegation that “our officers helped the rioters and acted as ‘tour guides’” is “outrageous and false.” A Capitol Police spokesperson confirmed the memo’s authenticity to The Associated Press. More than 1,400 people have been charged with federal crimes stemming from the riot. More than 850 people have pleaded guilty to crimes, and 200 others have been convicted at trial
TAXES AND REGULATIONS
TRUMP, on Biden: “He wants to raise your taxes by four times.”
THE FACTS: That’s not accurate.Trump has used that line at rallies, but it has no basis in fact. Biden actually wants to prevent tax increases on anyone making less than $400,000, which is the vast majority of taxpayers.More importantly, Biden’s budget proposal does not increase taxes as much as Trump claims, though the increases are focused on corporations and the wealthy. Trump’s 2017 tax cuts for individuals are set to expire after 2025, because they were not fully funded when they became law
CLIMATE CHANGE
TRUMP, touting his environmental record, said that “during my four years, I had the best environmental numbers ever” and that he supports “immaculate” air and water.
THE FACTS: That’s far from the whole story. During his presidency, Trump rolled back some provisions of the Clean Water Act, eased regulations on coal, oil and gas companies and pulled the U.S. out of the Paris climate accord. When wildfires struck California in 2020, Trump dismissed the scientific consensus that climate change had played a role. Trump also dismissed scientists’ warnings about climate change and routinely proposed deep cuts to the Environmental Protection Agency. Those reductions were blocked by Democratic and Republican lawmakers.
ABORTION
TRUMP: “The problem they have is they’re radical because they will take the life of a child in the eighth month, the ninth month, and even after birth, after birth.”
THE FACTS: Trump inaccurately referred to abortions after birth. Infanticide is criminalized in every state, and no state has passed a law that allows killing a baby after birth.Abortion rights advocates say terms like this and “late-term abortions” attempt to stigmatize abortions later in pregnancy. Abortions later in pregnancy are exceedingly rare. In 2020, less than 1% of abortions in the United States were performed at or after 21 weeks, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Abortions later in pregnancy also are usually the result of serious complications, such as fetal anomalies, that put the life of the woman or fetus at risk, medical experts say. In most cases, these are also wanted pregnancies, experts say
Time =11:02 (IST)
Date = 28 JUN 2024
Trump vs Biden US Presidential Debate 2024 Live: Biden's debate performance spurs Democratic panic about his ability to lead party against Trump
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Date = 28 JUN 2024
Trump vs Biden US Presidential Debate 2024 Live: Trump said Paris accord cost China nothing. Is it true ? Here's factcheck
Trump made a statement during the presidential debate hosted by CNN that the Paris accord was going to cost US $1 trillion and China, Russia and India nothing. However, a factcheck done by The New York Times rebuffs the statement. The media outlet says that China also contributes to developing countries, through a separate “South-South” cooperation fund. Biden government has been pressuring China to donate more.
It should be noted that the US promised to donate $11.4 billion annually by 2024 to support vulnerable countries in developing clean energy. As per the Paris agreement, wealthier or developed nations had agreed to help poor countries most threatened by climate change.
Time =09:35 (IST)
Date = 28 JUN 2024
Trump vs Biden US Presidential Debate 2024 Live: Here's what Trump, Biden said while ending debate
During the concluding statement, Trump lauded his record during his first term as president and termed Biden a “complainer” and further said, “whole country is exploding because of you, because they don’t respect you,” according to CNN. Meanwhile, democrat Biden emphasized on taxes and promises to curb inflation.
Time =09:15 (IST)
Date = 28 JUN 2024
Trump vs Biden US Presidential Debate 2024 Live: Barbs on abortion, immigration, personal attacks | The first US presidential election debate concludes
US President Joe Biden delivered a shaky, halting performance during the debate hosted by CNN. Republican rival and former US president Donald Trump slammed Biden with a series of false attacks. The debate also did not fall short of personal insults. The duo traded barbs on abortion, immigration, economy and even their golf games
Time =08:44 (IST)
Date = 28 JUN 2024
Trump vs Biden US Presidential Debate 2024 Live: Paris Peace Accord cost countries like India nothing, says Trump
Regarding climate crisis, Donald Trump said, “I want immaculately clean water, air. When I was the Prez, we had it. We had the best numbers ever. During my four years, I had best environmental numbers.”
Joe Biden says,”I passed extensive climate policy….I immediately joined Paris Peace Accord.”
Defending himself, Trump says, “It would have cost a million dollars to US while other countries like India had to pay nothing.
Above all, Joe Biden’s allies wanted him to demonstrate strength and energy on the debate stage Thursday night to help put to rest questions about the 81-year-old Democrat’s physical and mental acuity. But on the biggest stage in US politics, Biden did not meet their modest expectations.
And by the end of the 90-minute showdown, the Democratic president’s allies — party strategists and rank-and-file voters alike — descended into all-out panic following a debate performance punctuated by repeated stumbles, uncomfortable pauses, and a quiet speaking style that was often difficult to understand.
Publicly and privately, Democrats questioned whether the party could or should replace him as the party’s presidential nominee against the 78-year-old former President Donald Trump this fall, reported AP.
“I’m not the only one whose heart is breaking right now. There’s a lot of people who watched this tonight and felt terribly for Joe Biden,” former Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill said on MSNBC. “I don’t know if things can be done to fix this.