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Photos: Trump and Biden face off in first US presidential debate
On September 29, US President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden battled fiercely during their first 2020 presidential campaign debate. The debate was marked by personal insults and Trump's repeated interruptions. While Biden was critical of Trump's handling of the coronavirus pandemic, the economy and racial injustice in the United States, Trump blamed the racial injustice on the left wing and alleged that ballots were being manipulated. As of September 29 evening, 1.4 million Americans already had cast early ballots and Biden has held a consistent lead over Trump in national opinion polls.
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US President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden participate in their first 2020 presidential campaign debate, moderated by Chris Wallace at Cleveland Clinic in Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio on September 29. (Jonathan Ernst / REUTERS)
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People watch a broadcast of the first 2020 US presidential debate at The Abbey in West Hollywood, California on September 29. Trump bulldozed his way through the 90-minute debate, trying to goad Biden, claiming that Democrats were trying to steal the November presidential election, Reuters reported. (Mario Tama / AFP)
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Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden speaks during the first 2020 US presidential debate on September 29. Biden was sharply critical of Trump’s record on the coronavirus pandemic which has killed more than 200,000 Americans, accusing him of failing to protect Americans because he was more concerned about the economy. (Jonathan Ernst / REUTERS)
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Black Lives Matter supporters gather outside the debate centre at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio on September 29. During the debate Trump was asked if he was willing to condemn white supremacists and tell them to stand down, to which he initially said he would be willing to do anything for peace but then said most of the violence was from the left wing, Reuters reported. (Megan Jelinger / AFP)
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Trump holds up his face mask during the first 2020 US presidential debate on September 29. Hours before the debate, Biden released his 2019 tax returns and his campaign called on Trump, who has come under fire for not releasing his returns. On September 27, The New York Times had reported that Trump paid just $750 in federal income taxes in 2016 and 2017 and none in 10 of the previous 15 years. (Julio Cortez / AP)
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Supporters of Donald Trump watch a streaming of the first 2020 US presidential debate at Lititz in Pennsylvania on September 29. Biden also brought up a recent report that Trump had called members of the military “losers” and “suckers.” Biden, whose son Beau died of cancer, had served in the military. “He was not a loser, and he was a patriot,” Biden said. (Rachel Wisniewski / REUTERS)
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US President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden during their first 2020 US presidential debate, moderated by Chris Wallace on September 29. Wallace never established control of the debate, with Trump repeatedly ignoring his calls to let Biden speak. “I think that the country would be better served if we allowed both people to speak with fewer interruptions. I’m appealing to you, sir, to do that,” Wallace said. (Olivier Douliery via AP)
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Donald Trump gestures during the first 2020 US presidential debate against Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden on September 29. For Trump, the debate represented one of the few remaining chances to change the trajectory of a race that most opinion polls show him losing, as the majority of Americans disapprove of his handling of both the coronavirus pandemic and protests over racial injustice. (Jonathan Ernst / REUTERS)
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