Harris Vs Trump 2024 US Presidential election - read the warning in the OP posted 18/09/24

I liked a lot of what Harris said and did last night but I'll be blunt here. There are a lot of GOP voters [male and female] who would be uncertain or unhappy at a woman being elected to the office of POTUS, that they don't think a woman would have the bottle to go all the way if some foreign potentate became a clear and present danger to the US. Harris has to convince those voters that she can be relied on to sit behind the desk where the buck stops and do the job regardless of the taste it leaves in her mouth.

I see Trump as being so intent in avoiding direct combat casualties with such a foreign potentate - in order to keep US troops safe within the borders of the US and not on foreign soil - that he'd cave in to the three bullies working hand in hand from Russia, Byelorussia and Hungary [and the invaded territories] to a greater degree than he did while president. He exchanged bluster with foreign heads of state and dictators, now believing his own reports on the success of his policies, that he believes he can force Putin and the like back into their cages. He sees his policies as sending a chill up the backs of those potentates to the degree they believe in and are scared he'll do what he said in his bluster.

One thing about last night. Trump concentrated his eyes on the camera to give the viewer the look that he was looking them in the face while Harris kept her eyes fixed on Trump and away from the camera, giving the audience an impression she may have had no interest in them, only addressing them with words defending women's rights and the other things she spoke about. If there is to be another debate between them Harris will have to split her visual attention 50/50 between the TV audience and Trump in the studio. I think the moderators did a very good job.

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I'm sure that will resonate with the 30-90year old voter-base, many of whom are proud parents… Unfortunately for Trump this will mobilise the 300m 8-25yo bracelet sharers who will hit voting booths in great numbers…

That CNN poll saying that more people trust Trump with the economy post-debate than before it is just a damning indictment of the stupidity and nativity of a lot of American voters. I don't think Harris could have done more to say how bad his policies will be for the economy. A quick Google is all that is needed to confirm that her statements about third party assessments of their economic plans are correct, and yet some voters just continue to be stubbornly ignorant.

That kind of analysis is only relevant to political nerds who have their minds made up already.

The swing voter is not all that interested in politics and if they do pay attention it will be to a particular issue they care about - could be migration, healthcare, jobs etc.

The winning over of those people only requires them to appear generally competent and confident (sometimes confidence is confused for competence) and to not alienate them on the issues they care about.

Debates are about the lasting impressions they make and the nonsense about migrants eating pets will probably be the memorable takeaway. Whether that's good or bad for trump remains to be seen.

I think Trump made a major c*ck up with the dog eating statement. Even if true (which it probably is), he shouldn't have said it. The democrats will soundbite this until November and it's not a good image. I didn't hear him say this at any of the rallys either, which are usually more off the cuff than the debates.

Only for this one line, it would have been a complete disaster for Harris. She showed she will be just as useless and weak as Biden. Putin, Netenyahoo, Xi and any other autocrat will be drooling at the prospect of another 4 years of sleeping at the wheel.

No it really wouldn't. If you believe the hate filled drivel Trump comes out with you'll believe anything.

Trump has already showed he is Putin's lapdog, time and again.

There's no experienced neutral observer of the debate who remotely agrees with your opinions that the debate would otherwise have been a disaster for Harris. It's complete nonsense that doesn't connect to reality of what happened at all.

I'm am definitely using that line when my boss asks how I'm going to fix a problem next time.…

Wasn’t it debunked live on air??

"Putin, Netenyahoo, Xi and any other autocrat will be drooling at the prospect of another 4 years of sleeping at the wheel."

Uh huh....

How many invasions of other countries, how many wars were started during Trumps term?

Now compare that with the amount of invasions, wars started during Biden's term.

Oh but he's in a picture with Putin. Orange Man Bad! 👍️

I'd say Putin is raging at Trump coming apart at the seams.