The chaos of the first debate raised questions as to the effectiveness of the additional two scheduled for October. Trump the "worst president America has ever had," a "clown" and told him to "shut up," while the president made unfounded claims about the Democratic presidential nominee's son, Hunter Biden, told the former vice president "there's nothing smart about you" and refused to categorically denounce white supremacists. Trump's frequent interruptions of both Biden and Wallace, and policy discussions were drowned out by name-calling and personal attacks leveled by both presidential candidates.īiden called Mr. His efforts to restore order to the debate, however, were made more difficult by Mr. But it quickly spiraled into chaos as moderator and "Fox News Sunday" host Chris Wallace attempted to press the two candidates on issues including the coronavirus crisis, the Supreme Court and the economy. Each candidate was supposed to have two minutes to speak at the beginning of each segment, with the remainder of the time up for grabs. Tuesday night's debate was broken into six 15-minute segments on specific topics. Eventually Trump pressed it, and a butler swiftly brought in a Diet Coke on a silver platter. When ShippersUnbound and I interviewed Donald Trump in 2019, we became fascinated by what the little red button did. In a statement following the presidential debate in Cleveland, Ohio, the first of three scheduled in the run-up to the general election, the commission said the event "made clear that additional structure should be added to the format of the remaining debates to ensure a more orderly discussion of the issues."įact-checking Trump and Biden in the first presidential debate 12:31 President Biden has removed the Diet Coke button. The Commission on Presidential Debates is responding to Tuesday's face-off between President Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden, the Democratic presidential nominee, which was marred by frequent interruptions by the president and mud-slinging. The plans have not been finalized and the commission is still considering how it would carry out the plan. One key change it plans to implement: Cutting off the microphones of President Trump and Joe Biden if they break the rules, according to a source familiar with the commission's deliberations. Washington - The commission that oversees the general election presidential debates said Wednesday it will be making changes to the format of the remaining two debates.
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