Trump v Harris: How to win a TV election debate

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🗓️ 29 August 2024

⏱️ 33 minutes

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With the U.S. presidential debate now confirmed, our guests explain the tips and tricks that could help Donald Trump or Kamala Harris win their first head-to-head encounter on Sept. 10 — and why there has been a pre-debate row over format and mics. Host Anne McElvoy is joined by Brett O’Donnell, a veteran expert on preparing candidates for debate on both sides of the pond, having coached Republicans Mitt Romney, John McCain and George W. Bush, as well as prepping Rishi Sunak and Boris Johnson for their televised tussles in the U.K. POLITICO’s Rachael Bade, co-author of our Playbook in Washington, reveals which way the political winds are blowing, following last week’s momentous Democratic National Convention and how the rival Trump-Harris campaigns are preparing for the forthcoming debate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Well that's because he'd rather have a puppet as president of the United States and it's pretty clear.
0:07.0	It's about the 1980s are now calling to ask for their foreign policy back.
0:11.0	Man's practicing fuzzy math again.
0:13.3	I am not going to exploit for political purposes my opponent's youth and inexperience.
0:20.1	First of all, I spent half my career being criticized being the youngest person.
0:27.6	The question will you shut up man?
0:30.6	Who are the boys stand back and stand by.
0:34.0	The season of political conventions in America is officially in the rearview mirror,
0:40.0	and that means campaign season is underway.
0:43.4	The big marquee event we're all waiting for is the first official rumble
0:48.1	between Donald Trump and Kammar Harris.
0:50.8	And the September 10th debate promises to reveal much about the candidates vying for the White House.
0:57.0	So what are the experts looking out for?
1:00.0	And are there moments that could prove a fatal political blow to either of them.
1:08.8	Welcome to Power Play, Politico's Weekly Podcast, where we talk to some of the most influential people on either
1:14.9	side of the Atlantic.
1:16.3	I'm Anne McElvoy from Washington, D.C. this week, and if you haven't already, please do follow
1:21.6	powerplay on your favorite app app so you don't miss an
1:24.3	episode as this election gets into the thick of it. With all eyes on the upcoming
1:29.8	debate we'll talk first to Brett O'Donnell, an expert on preparing these big moments
1:34.3	with Republican candidates like Mitt Romney and George W Bush, and he's been called
1:39.4	on for his debate prowess across the Atlantic too by Boris Johnson and recently Rishi Sunak in the
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