Key takeaways from the first presidential debate between Trump and Biden
LA TimesPresident Trump and Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden during the first presidential debate Tuesday. “There’s nothing smart about you,” Trump told Biden, insulting the former vice president’s scholastic performance. “You’re the worst president America has ever had,” Biden told his nemesis, and later called him a “clown.” After one particularly nasty exchange in which Trump disparaged Biden’s son Hunter and his past drug addiction — seeming to belittle his late son, Beau, in the process — Wallace threw up his hands for what seemed the umpteenth time. Trump said he would do so “as soon as it’s finished,” apparently referring to an ongoing audit, though there is nothing that precludes him for releasing the documents. “That’s why I’m going to eliminate the Trump tax cuts,” which tilt heavily toward the wealthiest Americans, Biden said.