The fateful debate between Trump and Harris – “A lot at stake”

At three in the morning between Tuesday and Wednesday, they finally collide in a hotly anticipated televised debate, the Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris and the Republican Donald Trump.

– When Donald Trump is in a debate, anything can happen, says Marcus Oscarsson.

“Incredibly smooth”

The state of opinion could hardly be more even. This means that this election campaign’s probably only debate between the two candidates could be decisive.

– It is so incredibly even between the candidates. It’s more or less a dead race, says Marcus Oscarsson in Nyhetsmorgon.

According to the US connoisseur and political expert, the substantive issues will decide the debate.

– Donald Trump will tell voters that “food and housing were cheaper when I was president”. Then Kamala Harris will reply that “you crashed the economy in connection with the pandemic”. Then he will say that “you have had three and a half years to fix it” and then she will reply that “inflation and interest rates went away”.

Microphones off

Tonight’s live debate is 90 minutes long. There will be no audience and the debaters are not allowed to bring any notes or scripts – only paper, pen and a bottle of water are allowed.

The microphones will be muted for whoever is not speaking – something that has been widely discussed. At the last debate between Trump and Biden, it was decided that the microphones would be turned off so that Trump would not be able to interrupt Biden. But the one who won it was Trump – who didn’t appear so buffoonish and gappy, says Marcus Oscarsson.

Ahead of this debate, the Democrats wanted the microphones on – so that voters would see the “real Donald Trump”.

– But now it turned out that Trump won, so the microphones will suddenly be off. So it was quite the opposite, says Marcus Oscarsson.