Americans give initial reaction to Trump and Harris presidential debate

Sky News Australia Washington Correspondent Annelise Nielsen has examined some of the initial reaction among Americans to the first presidential debate between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris.

Donald Trump and Kamala Harris have concluded their first, and possibly only, presidential debate, as the two candidates remain neck and neck in the race for the White House.

[ricksomeone]

Pretty nice of abc to give kamala the questions before the debate

[BaddogSports]

Their policies speak for themselves.
Look at your life from 2016-2020 and 2020-2024.
Tells all you need to know about their policies

[bonniechance]

Trump was debating Kamala...and two moderators.

[jmcbc]

One Despicable- people who are going to vote for 'her' will vote for her, people who loves our country will vote accordingly.

[darrineagle]

The debate proved the bias in the media. It's sickening.

[ME-pokr]

Trump "I am gonna send her a MAGA hat because she's copying all my policies" 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[shirleywechsler]

David from ABC was soo bais !!! He was helping out what a joke !!!

[polarfamily]

They went with the Americans that align with the host's views.

[cedricmcmillian]

She knew the questions and the moderators were against him

[Falconlibrary]

Muir "fact checked" Trump several times, doing Kamala's work for her, but not once "fact checked" Kamala and even let her spin the huge lie that "many" Capitol Hill police died on January 6th. One officer died days later of health problems but not ONE police officer died on January 6th. The bias was palpable. But it's what we (and Trump expected). It was also very clear that Kamala got the questions in advance and spent a week practicing her answers. Kamala was also allowed to have her mike unmuted so she could interrupt Trump, a violation of the debate rules.
Favorite moment? When Trump told Kamala "I'm talking now--does that sound familiar?" when the debate moderators turned on her mike so she could interrupt Trump. I roared with laughter: 'HE SAID IT! HE SAID THE THING!'

[tamimrktz]

Harris clearly had the questions in advance... So she passed the debate but hadn't really convinced anyone who wasn't on her side to begin with.

[eckehareckbert]

kamala's debate was EMPTY coz she is NON-SENSE🤣🤣🤣

[mountainmantoo]

Being a snarky and rude person devoid of specifics and a terrible track record won't help Kamala.

[matthewpelletier]

Not qualified? He ran the joint for 4 years

[som]

Looks like people lost their ability to discern kamala like wolf in sheep's clothing.

[gsxr]

Guess they didn’t listen to the debate. Sad.

[lauralarrabee]

1:37 Note to that young man. Kamala Harris is the reason why the IS had record inflation. Harris gave the tie breaking vote for massive spending

[gmarksify]

At the city council meeting residents were saying the immigrants were eating cats and the geese from the parks

[davidsonowski]

The debate did not change my mind one bit Trump MAGA 2024

[rich.jerkov]

I'm a GOP voter. I don't think the moderators tipped the scales that much. Nothing new...
What struck me is Trump was unprepared. It seemed like he was expecting 90 min of word salads, but got surprised by well prepared opponent. The pet eating comment was a massive gaffe. Even if you think there might be some truth to that, he should have known that would not make him look good. That made him look like Alex Jones.
I believe it has never been more important to win this election. The dems have drove the country off a cliff. This should not be so close a race. Picking Trump as a candidate was a risky move, but conservatives believe he's the man for the job. He must win the election first to do the job though...