Harris or Trump: Who won the US presidential debate? | BBC Americast

Kamala Harris and Donald Trump meet for the first time on a debate stage in Philadelphia, sparring over key issues and exchanging deep personal attacks.

The momentous meeting was marked by question dodging, finger pointing… and a claim about pet-eating.

The BBC's Justin Webb, Sarah Smith, Marianna Spring and Anthony Zurcher give their analysis on the debate.


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[JoeApps]

The funniest thing to me is people complaining that Trump was fact checked a couple of times. People are literally complaining that Trump is not allowed to lie.

[borisreljanovic]

It looks like winning debates is a black job now...😉

[ndjibukabengele]

That is a stupid question, Kamala won the debate. She talked about her plan while Trump criticized the Obama care without offering anything better or implementing anything better when He took over after Obama’s administration.

[billmitchell]

Taylor Swift's endorsement being a big deal is an indication of how superficial American politics has become.

[ChuckHiggins-bqvr]

THE FACT THAT YOU FRAME THIS AS A QUESTION IS WRONG.

[samiaint]

Trump proved he is the Great White NOPE.

[darlenecoddington]

Well this is a "BBC" question so you pretty well know how their audience will respond!

[SoufianeDepp]

The person who won the debate is surely the guy who 9 years after running for president of the US still has concepts of a plan regarding one of the most pressing issues.

[dmercury]

BREAKING NEWS:Harris is being charged for viciously beating down an elderly person last night. Millions of people witnessed the beat down on live television. It was brutal. 😂

[liammcmahon]

The headline ‘who won the presidential debate’ was not addressed. This is the norm for so many US outlets, but I was hoping for actual journalism from the BBC, but it was just another, far too many words with far too little said.

[daveking-sandbox]

Dumb question. Harris won by a longshot. Trump’s lies are getting really boring.

[patrickclancy]

Trump lost the debate from the get-go! Trump made a fool of himself!

[janajan]

The all program has been about Taylor Swift 😂😂😂😂

[jasonmcloughlin]

America needs the first Madam president, I mean c'mon, let her have it❤❤❤❤❤❤

[ruZsiaNa-C]

russia (2022 and 2023): europe is eating their pets and squirrels due to inflation..
Trump/jd vance: ohio migrants are eating pets

😂😂😂😂 i guess someone got pay by rt 😂😂

[HumanBeingsRThinkingBeings]

Mind Begs the Question:
▪︎If Judiciary, Police are too weak
▪︎To arrest clearly Criminal Politicians
▪︎Who support Starvation, Gassing White Phosphorus, Concentration Camps, Ethnic Cleansing, etc
▪︎Judiciary, Police - Not Complicit or Equally Complicit?

[goyasolidar]

If you have to ask, then you need a mental health exam together with the guy who thinks migrants are eating people's pets.

[marshallmintz]

What kind of question is that? Did you not watch the debate? The beaten down old man and the positive forward thinking woman her laughing at his nutty-ness for 90 minutes?

[ByronHawk]

Biden put on a Trump 2024 hat the day after!

[m.h.english]

Anthony, you are right on point!! Hopefully more of Taylor Swift’s fans who aren’t following politics as close as others will start to pay closer attention to this election (in between meals of all the cats and dogs they have been consuming of course). 😇