Mehdi Hasan on how to beat Donald Trump in a debate

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🗓️ 10 September 2024

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Guardian columnist Mehdi Hasan talks through the debate strategy needed to face an opponent like Donald Trump. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/infocus

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0:00.0	This is the Guardian.
0:05.0	Today, what Carmelah Harris needs to do, to beat Donald Trump in tonight's debate. Before we're begin heads up there's some swearing in this episode
0:25.0	we're run by stupid people
0:30.0	we're run by stupid people
0:31.0	stupid stupid people.
0:33.0	And we found that out at the debate with Joe.
0:37.0	And we found that out at the debate with Joe.
0:39.0	How did that work out?
0:40.0	And we're going to find it out again on Tuesday night.
0:42.0	Is anybody going to be watching?
0:44.0	It's Tuesday.
0:48.0	And tonight in America, Donald Trump and Carmelah Harris will face off in their first and maybe only presidential debate.
0:58.0	One that is likely to be watched by a record audience in a contest that at this point is a dead heat could not be
1:06.2	closer. You don't have one Republican senator and you work with them every day of your
1:11.5	life although you skipped a lot of time these are minor details.
1:14.0	Over the past long eight years Trump has done a lot of TV debates and we know what he brings to the table.
1:21.0	The insults.
1:22.0	Go ahead, I'm relaxed. You're the basket. to the
1:23.3	insults. The insults. Go ahead. I'm relaxed. You're the basket case. Go ahead.
1:27.3	Don't get nervous.
1:28.3	Go ahead.
1:29.8	The lies. It's just awfully good that someone with the temperate. The The unfortunately often very funny one-liners.
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