US election 2020: Analysis on the final presidential debate

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00:00The final U.S. presidential debate between President Donald Trump and former Vice President

00:11Joe Biden was a much calmer version of their first standoff.

00:16It offered starkly divergent views on a range of topics, mostly dominated by the fight against

00:22the coronavirus.

00:23With the candidates' microphones turned off at times while the other was speaking, a new

00:29rule implemented to avoid a repeat of constant interruptions in the first debate, their facial

00:35expressions often did the talking.

00:37But although the tenor of the debate was sedate, the conflict in matters of substance and vision

00:43could not have been more dramatic in the six segments that were discussed – fighting

00:47COVID, American families, race in America, climate change, national security, and leadership.

00:56So while Trump defended his handling of the health crisis and promised that the pandemic

01:01was going away, Biden said there was a dark winter ahead.

01:06On race, while Biden called out Trump's previous refusals to condemn white supremacists, the

01:13President countered by pointing out his efforts on criminal justice reform.

01:17There were no knockout punches, although the most heated exchanges were over mutual accusations

01:24of draft.

01:25Trump and Biden also traded blows on the U.S. leader's friendship with North Korea's

01:29Kim Jong-un, which the President said had kept the peace in the Korean Peninsula.

01:37Biden referred to the North Korean leader as a thug.

01:41With more than 47 million votes already cast, and with fewer undecided voters at this point

01:48than in previous years, it remains to be seen how much this debate will influence the voters

01:54on November 3rd.

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