![]() The televised encounter in Nashville, Tennessee represented one of Trump’s last remaining opportunities to reshape a campaign dominated by a pandemic that has killed more than 221,000 people in the United States. He also brought back campaign tropes about immigrant “rapists” and “murderers”, harkening back to the speech that kicked off his 2016 campaign and suggesting that his pitch to voters remains much the same. Still, Thursday’s clash featured plenty of personal attacks between two men who evince little respect for each other, and Trump kept fact-checkers busy by levelling unfounded corruption accusations at Biden and his family. “So far, I respect very much the way you’re handling this,” Trump said to NBC’s Kristen Welker when she gave him time to respond to Biden at one point. He even praised the moderator, whom he’d repeatedly denigrated before the debate. ![]() Trump, the Republican incumbent, took a more restrained approach than he did during the chaotic first presidential debate in September, when he repeatedly interrupted Biden.
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