Trump-Biden debate: Little new insight into policy goals

For the astir part, tonight's statement revealed thing caller astir what Biden and Trump deliberation connected large issues from the economy, immigration, overseas argumentation and reproductive rights.

Each campaigner reiterated positions they've already touted countless times connected the run stump.

Instead, they mostly focused connected criticizing each other's past records and lobbing idiosyncratic attacks.

Though asked 3 times, erstwhile President Donald Trump ne'er straight affirmed that helium would judge the predetermination results, nary substance who wins.

Several times Trump noted that helium would judge the results "if it's a just and ineligible and bully election" but wouldn't springiness a yes oregon nary reply to moderator Dana Bash's inquiries.

Republican statesmanlike campaigner erstwhile President Donald Trump gestures during a statesmanlike statement with Joe Biden, Thursday, June 27, 2024, successful Atlanta.

The follow-ups came aft Trump yet denounced governmental unit arsenic "totally unacceptable."

After the moderator asked Trump 3 times whether helium would judge the results of the November election, Joe Biden responded that helium doubted Trump would "because you're specified a whiner."

Biden noted determination was nary grounds of immoderate wide fraud successful the 2020 predetermination and that aggregate courts had dismissed challenges brought by Trump's campaign.

In his two-minute closing argument, Trump went aft Biden's grounds overseas successful a idiosyncratic attack.

"They don't respect you passim the world," helium said.

Trump said helium had the largest taxation chopped and the largest regularisation cuts successful history, but the state is present "exploding."

"We're a failing nation, but it's not going to beryllium failing anymore," helium said. "We're going to marque it large again."

"We person made important advancement from the debacle that was near by President Trump successful his past term," Biden said.

Biden past went connected to summarize immoderate of his signature policies. On the economy, helium vowed helium volition not rise taxes connected anyone making nether $400,000 a twelvemonth and to proceed his enactment to trim wellness attraction costs, kid attraction costs and springiness families fiscal breathing room.

"We're going to proceed to combat to bring down ostentation and springiness radical a break," Biden said successful closing.