Monday, September 26, 2016

Elliot Davis Debate Response

Positives about Trump
1. Donald Trump elaborates on the economic dangers of outsourcing jobs to a foreign population, as this costs Americans jobs. He also talks about how he will stop outsourcing by creating a large import tax and a small export tax. He ties a low corporate tax back to the middle class by talking about small businesses, too.
2. He says that he will release the thing everyone wants to see of him (his tax returns) if she releases what everyone wants to see of her (the 33,000 deleted emails) which is actually pretty cunning and  quite effective.
3. He kind of says that she won't get anything done in office if elected, so I guess that that's sort of effective.

Negatives about Trump
1. He has done almost no research and appears to know next to nothing about the topics that he's speaking on.
2. He repeatedly brings up the past like it in some way directly correlates with the present, which is kind of going off on a tangent.
3. He keeps not talking about the subject. I keep having to ask myself "what was the topic again?" after hearing his responses for more than 2 minutes. I have yet to see him stay on the subject for more than 30 seconds. Also, what's that about his temperament?

Positives about Hillary
1. She says that Trump's plans don't correlate with the impact that he's talking about.
2. She stays on the subject in her rebuttals and coherently responds to what Trump is saying while also extending her points, which is a huge asset to all of her arguments.
3. She keeps reversing all of Trump's claims back on him. For instance, Trump claims he appeals to the black community, but Hillary brings up the fact that he has been charged multiple times with discriminating against African Americans.
4. Hillary Clinton DID HER RESEARCH, she knows what she is talking about and can fact check what she's saying, whereas Trump is just asserting claims with either no warrants or incorrect warrants.

Negatives about Hillary
1. She is kind of obnoxious towards Trump which isn't that respectful.
2. She keeps talking about her father and the hardships she's faced and the easy life Trump has had in an attempt to rile him up, which actually reflects more poorly on her than it does Trump because he's not taking the bait.
3. She sometimes treats the debate like a joke, which, though not surprising considering her opponent, isn't that good for her image.

All in all, I think that Hillary won this debate by a longshot because Trump couldn't really respond to situations with relevance and it's clear he has almost no idea what he's talking about.

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