Stark differences highlighted in first Clinton—Trump debate
HILLARY Clinton and Donald Trump leveled sharp and personal charges and counter-charges over trade, the US economy, race and foreign policy in their first face-to-face debate, an event that put on display their starkly different personalities and visions of the nation’s future. Almost from the first question posed by moderator Lester Holt, the debate devolved into an exchange of accusations and blame as Trump and Clinton reached into each others’ past statements and records. On most policy issues they fell back on their standard campaign stances, offering no new proposals for how they would deal with the country’s challenges. READ THIS: Clinton frontrunner of structural reforms The debate Monday night at Hofstra University ended as it began with testy exchanges — and a few odd moments — between the candidates when Holt asked Trump about a comment he made that Clinton doesn’t have the look of a president. "She doesn’t have the look, she doesn’t have the stamina,’’ Trump said, repeate...
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