For Mrs Clinton, it is a question of her judgement and honesty – but for Mr Trump, it is his temperament.
Donald Trump is refusing to release his tax returns.
Donald Trump has promised sharper, more personal attacks on Hillary Clinton in future debates, claiming he held back to spare her feelings and admitting, “she did well”.
Clinton’s campaign announced Tuesday that she had gained the support of former Virginia Sen.
Trump brought his biggest fundraisers to Trump Tower Tuesday and raised $18 million.
Hillary Clinton is trying to build on her widely praised debate performance by making a direct appeal to younger voters.
Trump has his work cut out for him – and I’m not sure anyone else can help him.
On Tuesday night, Stephen Colbert mocked Trump’s poll response on The Late Show. And there’s generally a perception that coverage was friendlier toward Clinton.
At a rally in the battleground state of Florida, he also criticized debate moderator Lester Holt by calling him the “MC” – master of ceremonies. While Twitter did not provide the raw number of tweets sent surrounding the event, the social media giant said it was the most tweeted presidential debate ever, surpassing the 10.3 million messages sent during the first presidential debate between President Barack Obama and former MA governor Mitt Romney in 2012.
There are two more presidential debates to come between the candidates – on 9 October and 19 October – before the election on November 8.
Some Republicans were unhappy with Holt, suggesting that he was unfair because he asked tougher questions of Trump, and challenged his facts on issues like Trump’s support for the war in Iraq and a court case involving the “stop-and-frisk” method of policing.
JOHN YANG: Trump told reporters after the debate that his mic was defective and suggested it was on objective.
With high negatives on both candidates, it will be interesting to see whether this will shift the dial at all. Trump planned rallies Wednesday in Iowa in Wisconsin in addition to a speech in IL.
The debate was framed by the Clinton campaign as a test of temperament and judgment. It didn’t make any differnce because Clinton went down the sexism route anyway.
Donald Trump loves to take credit for big television ratings, considering himself the ratings magnet of Monday night’s debate – and raising big bucks after the first general election face-off, CBS News’ Major Garrett reports.
Alicia Machado, who won the crown in 1996, has accused Trump – whose company owned the Miss Universe pageant until a year ago – of calling her “Miss Piggy” and “Miss Housekeeping“, and publicly humiliating her over her post-victory weight gain. I thought it went really well.
Trump’s criticism of Clinton turned personal in the debate’s closing moments. He said, “She doesn’t have the look, she doesn’t have the stamina” to be president. 27% said he was more favorable to Clinton and 2% said he favored Trump.
He was better at getting his message across than she was, because his message was simpler.
Sia shared a video of Trump’s accusation that Clinton lacked the stamina to be president, followed by a compilation of photos showing Clinton over the years, on the campaign trail and working around the world. “I don’t think she did well at all”. “And, yes, I did”.
Trump also seemed to admit he hasn’t been paying federal income taxes, telling Clinton that not paying them on the few tax returns of his that have been made public, “makes me smart”. And I’ll tell you something else I prepared for.