Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton face off for the first of three presidential debates, held at Hofstra University, outside of New York City.
Audiences could see the tension rise during the first presidential debate between Republican nominee Donald J. Trump and Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton, moderated by Lester Holt. Both electees in their best efforts on each side to claim victory from tonight’s debate.
Overall, Clinton came out on top, seemingly overpowering Trump’s efforts as he stumbled over his words with difficulty staying on course of debate topics.
“I think Donald just criticized me for preparing for this debate,” Clinton said. “And yes, I did. And you know what else I prepared for? I prepared to be president. And I think that’s a good thing.”
With tonight’s chaotic clash between political opponents, each relied on a different strategy to reach the masses and get their point across.
Clinton used a rather complicated, but somewhat effective use of passage through each topic. With charming-like energy, she balanced her tone between formal and informal, seemingly having a good time.
Trump, as usual, used fear-mongering and political propaganda to relay his message. His idea was to project a serious yet calm presidential tone in his speech, in which he struggled greatly.
Not too far into the debate, Trump had begun to lose his cool as Hillary stayed calm despite expectations of Trump otherwise. This set the tone for the rest of the debate.
He angrily defended himself against accusations of racism, mistreatment of women, tax returns, questioning Barack Obama’s birth certificate and Hilary’s “presidential look” comments.
“I say nothing because I was able to get it,” said Trump concerning Obama’s birth certificate. “I think I did a good job.”
With his inability to stay on course, often drifting away from the topic, interrupting and speaking over Clinton, pressed on hard by Holt and his misinformation, Trump was a mess, and no one failed to recognize it.
Trump offered many snappy comebacks in defending his actions like “that makes me smart” when suggesting his failure to complete federal income taxes and “that’s called business, by the way” when suggesting having cheered the 2008 housing market crash to buy cheaper properties.
Clinton had done a far better job projecting her vision for the country and what her presidency would look like. A lot of Trump’s jargon made it especially difficult for him to provide a clear vision and ultimately fail to meet the expectations set out by most.
“The argument is that it’s a form of racial profiling,” said Holt concerning Stop and Frisk, a controversial practice upheld in New York law enforcement.
“No, the argument is that we had to take the guns away from these people that have them and that are bad people that shouldn’t have them,” said Trump in rebuttal to Holt.
With the debate reaching its end, it’s unsure whether or not voters had gotten much insight into the perspectives of both Trump and Clinton. Although, this is usually subject to change as the debates progress, with more activity concerning the debates days after rather than the first night itself.
Both candidates need to centre themselves around active solutions and proper debate styles to the topics presented, rather than getting emotional or informal in their tone and steering away. To put it simply, they need to acknowledge and assess.
A second debate will be held in St. Louis, Missouri (Washington University) on Oct. 9 and the final debate in Las Vegas, Nevada (University of Nevada) on Oct. 19.
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