Hi there, everyone. It is 4:00 in new york with 55 days to go ahead of election day. The first and potentially only debate between kamala harris and the disgraced twice impeopled four timed indicts expresident has injected a jolt into the race thanks to a masterful performance by kamala harris. We turn that 90minute debate watched by a whopping 57. 75 million people into what the new york times called a quote referendum on donald trump. A speech with words and with her body language and facial expressions and even a simple handshake. That image there of vice president kamala harris from the moment she took the stage, walking straight up to donald trump and introducing herself. And insisting on shaking his hand set the tone for her control of the room for the next 90 minutes and what would prove to be a powerful reminder that donald trump, who had seven prior presidential debates was immediately outmatched by vice president harris s talent and prosecutorial skills. And i m going to actu
for the u.s. on the geopolitical stage. david corn, bell i suppose never be able to trust what was said in the one-on-one meeting between donald trump and vladimir putin. can t trust donald trump s account of. can t trust vladimir putin s account of it. that leaves us with the translators. they will be getting chased for the rest of their lives by reporters and historians trying to figure out what these two actually did say to each other. and there s the question of how much can we trust the translators? we just may never know. i don t think so. it s like that great song from hamilton. no one was in the room where it happened. and as ruth so aptly described, it really seems like putin has the upper hand at least psychologically in playing trump. trump fawns over this guy. he wants acceptance from putin. he sees the world as a club that he and putin perhaps can rule together and he shows nothing but dismissiveness toward our
to figure out what these two actually did say to each other. and there s the question of how much can we trust the translators? we just may never know. i don t think so. it s like that great song from hamilton. no one was in the room where it happened. and as ruth so aptly described, it really seems like putin has the upper hand at least psychologically in playing trump. trump fawns over this guy. he wants acceptance from putin. he sees the world as a club that he and putin perhaps can rule together and he shows nothing but dismissiveness toward our allies who share our values. whether it s germany or canada or a number of other countries. so i mean, we re kind of at the mercy here not of trump but almost of putin who i think has the ability to turn trump against his own staff, against american interests certainly, and against our allies. david corn, david leonhardt,