'I'll release tax records when Hillary releases 33,000 deleted emails' - All the major talking points of the U.S Presidential debate
So on Tuesday morning (Nigerian time), U.S presidential candidates Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton took to the stage to have the first presidential debate ahead of the November 2016 elections.
Donald Trump did well in the
first 20 minutes while Hillary had the upper hand during the closing
stages of the debate. A lot of political analysts believe Hillary
defeated Trump overall during the debate with the way she tackled some
important issues looking more prepared and assured during the debate. See the major talking points below...
Asked
about a remark he made that Mrs. Clinton lacked a presidential “look,”
Mr. Trump repeated the claim saying “she doesn’t have the stamina.”
Mrs.
Clinton replied him saying 'Mr. Trump can talk to me about stamina when
he accomplishes as much. “He tried to change from looks to stamina, but
this is a man who has called women pigs, slobs and dogs,”
“Donald
supported the invasion of Iraq,” she said. “That is absolutely proved
over and over again.' To which Trump interjected ' Wrong , wrong'.
Mr. Trump insisted again that he had opposed the Iraq war, calling any suggestion otherwise “a mainstream media nonsense.”
“my strongest asset is my temperament, maybe by far,” ''Hillary doesn't have the temperament to be president''
Hillary
also said Trump invited Russian president Vladmir Putin to hack into
American email servers while Mr Trump categorically stated that no one
knows who hacked into American servers.
'No one
knows if Russia was behind the recent hacks' 'It might be China or a
single hacker who weighs 400 pounds and sits at home.'
Clinton
suggested she was worried about Mr. Trump getting his hands on the
nuclear codes, Mr. Trump replied, “That line is getting a little bit
old.”
Asked about the conspiracy theory
that questioned Obama’s birth place, Trump said Clinton's campaign first
started the birther conspiracy theory when she was contesting against
Obama.
“She failed to get the birth
certificate,” he said. “When I got involved, I didn’t fail.” while Mrs.
Clinton said “He's really started his political activity based on this
racist lie that our first black president was not an American citizen”
Pressed
on his refusal to release his tax returns, Mr. Trump said; “I'll
release my tax returns, against my lawyers’ wishes, if Mrs. Clinton
agreed to release her 33,000 deleted emails.
Mr.
Trump defended his plans to lower taxes on the wealthy unlike Clinton
who wanted to increase taxes on the wealthy Mrs. Clinton then joked, “I
have a feeling that by the end of this evening, I’m going to be blamed
for everything that’s ever happened.” Mr. Trump replied, “Why not?”
Trump
then blasted Clinton saying he's been travelling all round America
suggesting Clinton stayed at home preparing for the speech.
“You’ve seen me, I’ve been all over the place,” he said. “You decided to stay home and that’s okay.''
Clinton replied 'I prepared for the debate, and i'm preparing to be president, too.'
Clinton also wondered if Trump was hiding secrets by not releasing his tax returns and also defended her deleted emails.
“I
made a mistake using a private email,” she said. Mr. Trump cut in,
“That’s for sure.” Mrs. Clinton added, “I’m not going to make any
excuses. It was a mistake.”
Mrs. Clinton,
looking toward Mr. Trump, said it was “good to be with” him on the same
stage at last. “You have to judge us,” she said, in a response to a
question about job creation. “Who can shoulder the immense, awesome
responsibilities of the presidency?” Mr. Trump replied that “our jobs
are fleeing the country.”
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