(VOVWORLD) -President Donald Trump and his Democratic challenger Joe Biden wrapped up their second and final 90-minute debate on Friday morning (Hanoi time), in Nashville, 11 days before the November 3 election day.
They discussed fighting COVID-19, American families, race, climate change, national security, and leadership.
The final question of the debate drew a stark distinction between the two candidates. Both were asked what they would say to the American people, including those who didn’t vote for them, at their inauguration.
Trump said economic success will unify the country but warned that won’t happen under Biden. “We are on the road to success. But I’m cutting taxes and he wants to raise everybody’s taxes, and he wants to put new regulations on everything. He will kill it,” Trump said.
By contrast, Biden said “I will say, I’m an American president. I represent all of you. Whether you voted for me or against me. And I’m going to make sure that you’re represented,” Biden said. “I’m going to give you hope. We’re going to choose science over fiction. We’re going to choose hope over fear. We’re going to choose to move forward because we have enormous opportunities to make things better.”
A CNN instant poll of debate watchers finds that 53% of the watchers thought Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden won the final presidential debate. Meanwhile, 39% said Donald Trump emerged a winner.