The must-watch moments of the CNN Presidential Debate

[0:00] Now, please welcome the 46th President of the United States, Joe Biden. [0:06] Folks, how are you? Great to be here. Thank you. [0:17] And please welcome the 45th President of the United States, Donald Trump. [0:31] President Trump, we will get to immigration later in this block. [0:35] President Biden, I want to give you an opportunity to respond to this question about the national debt. [0:40] He had the largest national debt of any president in a four-year period, number one. [0:44] Number two, he got $2 trillion tax cut benefited the very wealthy. [0:48] What I'm going to do is fix the tax system. [0:51] For example, we have 1,000 trillionaires in America, I mean billionaires in America. [0:56] And what's happening? [0:57] They're in a situation where they, in fact, pay 8.2% in taxes. [1:01] If they just paid 24% or 25%, either one of those numbers, they'd raise $500 million, billion dollars, I should say, in a 10-year period. [1:11] We'd be able to wipe out his debt. [1:13] We'd be able to help make sure that all those things we need to do, child care, elder care, making sure that we continue to strengthen our health care system, [1:21] making sure that we're able to make every single solitary person eligible for what I've been able to do with the COVID, [1:31] excuse me, with dealing with everything we have to do with, look, if we finally beat Medicare. [1:42] Thank you, President Biden. [1:43] President Trump? [1:45] Well, he's right. [1:46] He did beat Medicare. [1:47] He beat it to death. [1:48] And he's destroying Medicare because all of these people are coming in. [1:52] They're putting them on Medicare. [1:53] They're putting them on Social Security. [1:55] They're going to destroy Social Security. [1:57] This man is going to single-handedly destroy Social Security. [2:01] These millions and millions of people coming in, they're trying to put them on Social Security. [2:05] He will wipe out Social Security. [2:08] He will wipe out Medicare. [2:09] So he was right in the way he finished that sentence, and it's a shame. [2:13] What's happened to our country in the last four years is not to be believed. [2:18] Foreign countries, I'm friends with a lot of people, they cannot believe what happened to the United States of America. [2:24] We're no longer respected. [2:26] They don't like us. [2:27] We give them everything they want, and they think we're stupid. [2:31] They think we're very stupid people. [2:33] What we're doing for other countries, and they do nothing for us, [2:36] what this man has done is absolutely criminal. [2:40] President Trump, staying on the topic of immigration, [2:43] you've said that you're going to carry out, quote, [2:45] the largest domestic deportation operation in American history, unquote. [2:48] Does that mean that you will deport every undocumented immigrant in America, [2:53] including those who have jobs, including those whose spouses are citizens, [2:57] and including those who have lived here for decades? [2:59] And if so, how will you do it? [3:01] Just one second. He said we killed three people. [3:04] The people we killed are al-Baghdadi and Soleimani, [3:09] the two greatest terrorists, biggest terrorists anywhere in the world, [3:11] and it had a huge impact on everything, not just border, on everything. [3:16] He's the one that killed people with the bad water, [3:18] including hundreds of thousands of people dying, [3:22] and also killing our citizens when they come in. [3:24] We are living right now in a rat's nest. [3:28] They're killing our people in New York, in California, [3:31] and every state in the Union, because we don't have borders anymore. [3:35] Every state is now a border. [3:37] And because of his ridiculous, insane, and very stupid policies, [3:41] people are coming in and they're killing our citizens [3:44] at a level that we've never seen. [3:46] We call it migrant crime. [3:48] I call it Biden migrant crime. [3:50] They're killing our citizens at a level that we've never seen before. [3:53] And you're reading it like these three incredible young girls [3:57] over the last few days. [3:59] One of them, I just spoke to the mother, [4:01] and he just had the funeral for this girl, 12 years old. [4:05] This is horrible what's taken place. [4:07] What's taken place in our country, [4:09] we're literally an uncivilized country now. [4:13] He doesn't want it to be. He just doesn't know. [4:15] He opened the borders. Nobody's ever seen anything like it. [4:18] And we have to get a lot of these people out, [4:20] and we have to get them out fast, [4:21] because they're going to destroy our country. [4:23] Just take a look at where they're living. [4:25] They're living in luxury hotels in New York City and other places. [4:29] Our veterans are on the street. [4:31] They're dying because he doesn't care about our veterans. [4:33] He doesn't care. He doesn't like the military at all. [4:35] And he doesn't care about our veterans. [4:37] Nobody's been worse. [4:38] I had the highest approval rating for veterans taking care of the VA. [4:42] He has the worst. [4:43] He's gotten rid of all the things that I approved, [4:45] choice that I got through Congress, [4:47] all of the different things I approved. [4:49] They abandoned. [4:51] We had by far the highest, [4:52] and now it's down in less than half, [4:55] because he's done all these great things that we did. [4:57] And I think he did it just because I approved it, [4:59] which is crazy. [5:00] But he has killed so many people at our border [5:03] by allowing all of these people to come in. [5:05] And it's a very sad day in America. [5:07] President Biden, you have the mic. [5:08] Every single thing he said is a lie. [5:10] Every single one. [5:11] For example, [5:12] veterans are a hell of a lot better off [5:14] since they passed the PACT Act. [5:16] One million of them now have insurance, [5:18] and their families have it. [5:20] Their families have it because what happened, [5:22] whether it was Agent Orange or burn pits, [5:24] they're all being covered now. [5:26] And his group opposed that. [5:29] We're also in a situation where [5:30] we have great respect for veterans. [5:32] My son spent a year in Iraq [5:34] leaving one of the next one of those burn pits, [5:36] came back with stage four glioblastoma. [5:38] I was recently in France for D-Day, [5:43] and I spoke to all about those heroes that died. [5:46] I went to the World War II cemetery, [5:48] World War I cemetery he refused to go to. [5:51] He was standing with his four-star general, [5:53] and he told me, he said, [5:54] I don't want to go in there [5:54] because they're a bunch of losers and suckers. [5:57] My son was not a loser, he was not a sucker. [5:59] You're the sucker. [6:00] You're the loser. [6:01] President Trump? [6:03] First of all, [6:03] that was a made-up quote, [6:04] suckers and losers. [6:05] They made it up. [6:06] It was in a third-rate magazine that's failing, [6:08] like many of these magazines. [6:10] He made that up. [6:11] He put it in commercials. [6:12] We've notified him. [6:14] We had 19 people that said I didn't say it. [6:16] And think of this. [6:17] Who would say, [6:18] I'm at a cemetery, [6:19] or I'm talking about our veterans? [6:21] Because nobody's taken better care. [6:22] I'm so glad this came up, [6:24] and he brought it up. [6:26] There's nobody that's taken better care [6:28] of our soldiers than I have. [6:29] To think that I would, [6:31] in front of generals and others, [6:32] say suckers and losers. [6:34] We have 19 people that said, [6:37] it was never said by me. [6:38] It was made up by him, [6:39] just like Russia, Russia, Russia was made up, [6:42] just like the 51 intelligence agents are made up, [6:46] just like the new thing [6:47] with the 16 economists are talking. [6:49] It's the same thing. [6:50] 51 intelligence agents said [6:52] that the laptop was Russia disinformation. [6:55] It wasn't. [6:56] That came from his son, Hunter. [6:58] It wasn't Russia disinformation. [6:59] He made up the suckers and losers, [7:02] so he should apologize to me right now. [7:05] The war star general standing to your side [7:07] who was on your staff, [7:08] who said you said it, period. [7:10] That's number one. [7:11] And number two, the idea, [7:13] the idea that I have to apologize to you [7:15] for anything along the line. [7:17] We've done more for veterans [7:18] than any president has in American history. [7:20] American history. [7:22] And they now are in their family. [7:23] The only sacred obligation we have as a country [7:25] is to care for our veterans when they come home [7:28] and their families, [7:29] and equip them when they go to war. [7:30] That's what we're doing. [7:32] That's what the VA is doing now. [7:34] They're doing more for veterans [7:35] than ever before in our history. [7:37] All right. [7:37] Thank you so much. [7:38] The topic of foreign policy. [7:40] I want to begin with Russia's war against Ukraine, [7:43] which is now in its third year. [7:46] Former President Trump, [7:48] Russian President Vladimir Putin, [7:50] says he'll only end this war [7:52] if Russia keeps the Ukrainian territory [7:54] it has already claimed [7:56] and Ukraine abandons its bid to join NATO. [8:01] Are Putin's terms acceptable to you? [8:03] First of all, [8:04] our veterans and our soldiers [8:06] can't stand this guy. [8:08] They can't stand him. [8:09] They think he's the worst commander-in-chief, [8:11] if that's what you call him, [8:13] that we've ever had. [8:14] They can't stand him. [8:15] So let's get that straight. [8:16] And they like me more than just about any of them. [8:19] And that's based on every single bit of information. [8:22] As far as Russia and Ukraine, [8:25] if we had a real president, [8:26] the president that knew, [8:28] that was respected by Putin, [8:30] he would have never, [8:31] he would have never invaded Ukraine. [8:33] A lot of people are dead right now, [8:35] much more than people know. [8:36] You know, they talk about numbers. [8:37] You can double those numbers, [8:38] maybe triple those numbers. [8:40] He did nothing to stop it. [8:42] In fact, [8:42] I think he encouraged Russia from going in. [8:44] I'll tell you what happened. [8:45] He was so bad with Afghanistan. [8:47] It was such a horrible embarrassment, [8:49] most embarrassing moment [8:51] in the history of our country [8:52] that when Putin watched that [8:54] and he saw the incompetence [8:55] that he should have fired those generals, [8:57] like I fired the one that you mentioned. [8:59] And so he's got no love lost. [9:01] But he should have fired those generals. [9:03] No general got fired [9:04] for the most embarrassing moment [9:07] in the history of our country, Afghanistan, [9:09] where we left billions of dollars [9:11] of equipment behind. [9:12] We lost 13 beautiful soldiers [9:14] and 38 soldiers were obliterated. [9:17] And by the way, [9:17] we left people behind too. [9:18] We left American citizens behind. [9:20] When Putin saw that, [9:21] he said, [9:22] you know what? [9:23] I think we're going to go in [9:24] and maybe take my... [9:26] This was his dream. [9:27] I talked to him about it, [9:28] his dream. [9:29] The difference is [9:29] he never would have invaded Ukraine. [9:33] Never. [9:33] Just like Israel [9:35] would have never been invaded [9:36] in a million years by Hamas. [9:40] You know why? [9:41] Because Iran was broke with me. [9:43] I wouldn't let anybody [9:44] do business with them. [9:45] They ran out of money. [9:46] They were broke. [9:46] They had no money for Hamas. [9:48] They had no money for anything. [9:50] No money for terror. [9:51] That's why you had no terror at all [9:53] during my administration. [9:55] This place, [9:55] the whole world is blowing up under him. [9:59] President Biden? [10:00] I've never heard so much malarkey [10:02] in my whole life. [10:02] Look, the fact of the matter is that [10:04] we're in a situation where, [10:05] let's take the last point first. [10:07] Iran attacked American troops, [10:09] killed, caused brain damage [10:12] for a number of these troops, [10:14] and he did nothing about it. [10:15] Recently, when he was president, [10:17] there they attacked. [10:18] He said, they're just having headaches. [10:20] That's all it is. [10:21] He didn't do a thing [10:22] when the attack took place, [10:23] number one. [10:24] Number two, [10:25] we got over 100,000 Americans [10:28] and others out of Afghanistan [10:31] during that airlift. [10:33] Number three, [10:34] we found ourselves in a situation [10:35] where if you take a look [10:37] at what Trump did in Ukraine, [10:39] this guy told Trump, [10:42] do whatever you want [10:43] and do whatever you want [10:45] and that's exactly what Trump did [10:47] to Putin, encourage him, [10:49] do whatever you want [10:50] and he went in. [10:51] Listen to what he said [10:52] when he went in. [10:53] He was going to take Kyiv [10:54] in five days, remember, [10:55] because it's part [10:56] of the old Soviet Union. [10:57] That's what he wanted [10:58] to reestablish, Kyiv [11:00] and he, in fact, [11:01] didn't do it at all. [11:02] He wasn't able to get it done [11:03] and they've lost over, [11:05] they've lost thousands [11:06] and thousands of troops, [11:07] 500,000 troops. [11:09] Former President Trump, [11:11] Russian President Vladimir Putin [11:13] says he'll only end this war [11:15] if Russia keeps [11:16] the Ukrainian territory [11:18] it has already claimed [11:19] and Ukraine abandons [11:21] its bid to join NATO. [11:23] Are Putin's terms [11:25] acceptable to you? [11:26] First of all, [11:28] our veterans and our soldiers [11:29] can't stand this guy. [11:31] They can't stand him. [11:33] They think he's the worst [11:34] commander-in-chief, [11:35] if that's what you call him, [11:36] that we've ever had. [11:37] They can't stand him. [11:38] So let's get that straight. [11:40] And they like me [11:41] more than just about any of them. [11:42] And that's based [11:43] on every single bit [11:45] of information. [11:46] As far as Russia and Ukraine, [11:48] if we had a real president, [11:50] the president that knew, [11:51] that was respected by Putin, [11:53] he would have never, [11:54] he would have never invaded Ukraine. [11:56] A lot of people are dead right now, [11:58] much more than people know. [11:59] You know, they talk about numbers. [12:01] You can double those numbers, [12:02] maybe triple those numbers. [12:03] He did nothing to stop it. [12:05] In fact, I think he encouraged [12:06] Russia from going in. [12:08] I'll tell you what happened. [12:08] He was so bad with Afghanistan. [12:10] It was such a horrible embarrassment, [12:13] most embarrassing moment [12:14] in the history of our country, [12:16] that when Putin watched that [12:17] and he saw the incompetence [12:18] that he should have fired [12:20] those generals, [12:21] like I fired the one [12:22] that you mentioned. [12:23] And so he's got no love lost. [12:24] But he should have fired [12:25] those generals. [12:26] No general got fired [12:28] for the most embarrassing moment [12:30] in the history of our country, [12:32] Afghanistan, [12:32] where we left billions of dollars [12:34] of equipment behind. [12:35] We lost 13 beautiful soldiers [12:37] and 38 soldiers were obliterated. [12:40] And by the way, [12:40] we left people behind too. [12:42] We left American citizens behind. [12:44] When Putin saw that, [12:45] he said, [12:46] you know what? [12:46] I think we're going to go in [12:47] and maybe take my... [12:49] This was his dream. [12:50] I talked to him about it, [12:51] his dream. [12:52] The difference is, [12:53] he never would have invaded Ukraine. [12:56] Never. [12:57] Just like Israel, [12:58] would have never been invaded [13:00] in a million years by Hamas. [13:03] You know why? [13:04] Because Iran was broke with me. [13:06] I wouldn't let anybody [13:07] do business with him. [13:08] They ran out of money. [13:09] They were broke. [13:10] They had no money for Hamas. [13:11] They had no money for anything. [13:13] No money for terror. [13:14] That's why you had no terror at all [13:16] during my administration. [13:18] This place, [13:19] the whole world [13:19] is blowing up under him. [13:22] President Biden. [13:24] I've never heard [13:24] so much malarkey [13:25] in my whole life. [13:26] Look, the fact of the matter [13:27] is that we're in a situation [13:28] where let's take [13:28] the last point first. [13:29] Iran attacked American troops, [13:33] killed or caused brain damage [13:35] for a number of these troops, [13:37] and he did nothing about it [13:38] when he was president. [13:40] There they attacked. [13:41] He said, [13:42] they're just having headaches. [13:43] That's all it is. [13:44] He didn't do a thing [13:45] when the attack took place, [13:47] number one. [13:48] Number two, [13:49] we got over 100,000 Americans [13:51] and others out of Afghanistan [13:54] during that airlift. [13:56] Number three, [13:57] we found ourselves [13:58] in a situation where [13:59] if you take a look [14:00] at what Trump did in Ukraine, [14:02] he's this guy told Ukraine [14:04] and told Trump, [14:05] do whatever you want [14:06] and do whatever you want. [14:09] And that's exactly [14:09] what Trump did [14:10] to Putin, encourage him, [14:12] do whatever you want. [14:14] And he went in [14:14] and listen to what he said [14:15] when he went in. [14:16] He was going to take Kiev [14:17] in five days, remember, [14:18] because it's part [14:19] of the old Soviet Union. [14:20] That's what he wanted [14:21] to reestablish, Kiev. [14:23] And he, in fact, [14:24] didn't do it at all. [14:25] He didn't, [14:25] wasn't able to get it done. [14:27] And they've lost over, [14:28] they've lost thousands [14:29] and thousands of troops, [14:31] 500,000 troops. [14:33] President Trump, [14:33] if I come back to you [14:34] for one minute, [14:35] I just want to go back [14:36] to my original question, [14:38] which is, [14:38] are Putin's terms [14:40] acceptable to you, [14:41] keeping the territory [14:42] in Ukraine? [14:42] No, they're not acceptable. [14:43] No, they're not acceptable. [14:45] But look, [14:46] this is a war [14:46] that never should have started. [14:48] If we had a leader [14:48] in this war, [14:49] he led everybody along. [14:51] He's given $200 billion [14:53] now or more to Ukraine. [14:55] He's given $200 billion. [14:57] That's a lot of money. [14:58] I don't think there's ever [14:59] been anything like it. [15:00] Every time that Zelensky [15:02] comes to this country, [15:03] he walks away with $60 billion. [15:04] He's the greatest salesman ever. [15:06] And I'm not knocking him. [15:07] I'm not knocking anything. [15:09] I'm only saying, [15:10] the money that we're spending [15:12] on this war, [15:13] and we shouldn't be spending, [15:15] it should have never happened. [15:16] I will have that war settled [15:19] between Putin and Zelensky [15:20] as president-elect [15:22] before I take office [15:23] on January 20th. [15:24] I'll have that war settled. [15:26] People being killed [15:27] so needlessly, [15:29] so stupidly, [15:30] and I will get it settled [15:32] and I'll get it settled fast [15:33] before I take office. [15:35] President Biden, [15:36] you have it in a minute. [15:37] The fact is that [15:38] Putin is a war criminal. [15:40] He's killed thousands [15:42] and thousands of people. [15:43] And he has made one thing clear. [15:46] He wants to reestablish [15:47] what was part of the Soviet empire, [15:49] not just a peace. [15:50] He wants all of Ukraine. [15:52] That's what he wants. [15:53] And then, [15:53] do you think he'll stop there? [15:54] Do you think he'll stop [15:55] if he takes Ukraine? [15:58] What do you think happens [15:59] to Poland? [15:59] What do you think of Belarus? [16:01] What do you think happens [16:02] to those NATO countries? [16:03] And so if you want a war, [16:05] you ought to find out [16:06] what he's going to do [16:07] because if, in fact, [16:08] he does what he says [16:09] and walks away. [16:10] By the way, [16:11] all that money we give Ukraine [16:13] from weapons we make here [16:14] in the United States, [16:15] we give them the weapons, [16:16] not the money at this point. [16:18] And our NATO allies [16:19] have produced as much funding [16:22] for Ukraine as we have. [16:24] That's why we're strong. [16:26] Former President Trump, [16:28] I want to ask you [16:28] about January 6, 2021. [16:30] After you rallied [16:31] your supporters that day, [16:33] some of them stormed the Capitol [16:34] to stop the constitutionally mandated [16:36] counting of electoral votes. [16:38] As president, [16:39] you swore an oath [16:40] to, quote, [16:40] preserve, protect, [16:41] and defend, unquote, [16:43] the Constitution. [16:44] What do you say to voters [16:45] who believe that you violated [16:46] that oath [16:47] through your actions [16:48] and inaction on January 6 [16:49] and worry that you'll do it again? [16:51] Well, I don't think too many [16:52] believe that. [16:53] And let me tell you [16:53] about January 6. [16:55] On January 6, [16:57] we had a great border. [16:58] Nobody coming through. [16:59] Very few. [17:00] On January 6, [17:01] we were energy independent. [17:02] On January 6, [17:03] we had the lowest taxes ever. [17:05] We had the lowest regulations ever. [17:07] On January 6, [17:08] we were respected [17:09] all over the world. [17:10] All over the world, [17:11] we were respected. [17:13] And then he comes in [17:14] and we're now left at. [17:15] We're like a bunch [17:16] of stupid people. [17:18] What happened [17:19] to the United States' reputation [17:21] under this man's leadership [17:22] is horrible, [17:24] including weaponization, [17:26] which I'm sure [17:26] at some point [17:27] you'll be talking about, [17:28] where he goes after [17:29] his political opponent [17:30] because he can't beat him [17:31] fair and square. [17:32] You have 80 seconds left. [17:34] My question was, [17:35] what do you say [17:35] to those voters [17:36] who believe [17:37] that you violated [17:37] your constitutional oath [17:39] through your actions [17:40] and inaction [17:41] on January 6, 2021, [17:42] and worry [17:43] that you'll do it again? [17:44] Well, I didn't say [17:45] that to anybody. [17:46] I said peacefully [17:47] and patriotically. [17:49] And Nancy Pelosi, [17:50] if you just watched [17:51] the news from two days ago, [17:53] on tape to her daughter, [17:54] who's a documentary filmmaker, [17:56] they say, [17:57] but she's saying, [17:58] oh, no, [17:59] it's my responsibility. [18:00] I was responsible for this [18:02] because I offered her [18:03] 10,000 soldiers [18:04] or National Guard [18:05] and she turned them down. [18:07] And the mayor of, [18:08] in writing, by the way, [18:09] the mayor, [18:10] in writing, [18:11] turned it down, [18:11] the mayor of D.C. [18:13] They turned it down. [18:14] I offered 10,000 [18:15] because I could see, [18:17] I had virtually nothing to do. [18:19] They asked me [18:19] to go make a speech. [18:21] I could see [18:21] what was happening. [18:22] Everybody was saying [18:23] they're going to be there [18:23] on January 6. [18:24] They're going to be there. [18:25] And I said, [18:26] you know what? [18:26] There's a lot of people coming. [18:27] You could feel it. [18:28] You could feel it too [18:29] and you could feel it. [18:30] And I said, [18:31] they ought to have [18:32] some National Guard [18:33] or whatever. [18:34] And I offered it to her [18:35] and she now admits [18:37] that she turned it down. [18:39] And it was the same day [18:40] she was, [18:41] I don't know, [18:41] he can't be very happy [18:42] with her daughter [18:43] because it made her [18:44] into a liar. [18:44] She said, [18:45] I take full responsibility [18:47] for January 6th. [18:49] President Biden? [18:51] Look, [18:52] he encouraged those folks [18:53] who go up on Capitol Hill, [18:55] number one. [18:56] I sat in the dining room [18:57] off the Oval Office. [18:58] He sat there for three hours, [19:00] three hours watching, [19:01] begging, [19:02] being begged [19:03] by his vice president [19:04] and a number of his colleagues [19:06] on the Republican side as well [19:07] to do something, [19:08] to call for a stop, [19:09] to end it. [19:10] Instead, [19:11] he talked, [19:11] they talked about these people [19:12] being patriots [19:13] and great patrons of America. [19:16] In fact, [19:17] he says he'll now forgive them [19:18] for what they've done. [19:20] They've been convicted. [19:21] He says he wants [19:22] to commute their sentences [19:23] and say that no. [19:26] He went to every single court [19:28] in the nation. [19:29] I don't know how many cases, [19:31] scores of cases, [19:32] including the Supreme Court. [19:33] And they said, [19:34] they said, [19:35] no, no, [19:35] this guy, [19:36] this guy is responsible [19:37] for doing what is being, [19:39] what was done. [19:40] He did do a damn thing. [19:41] And these people should be in jail [19:43] and they should be the ones [19:45] who are being held accountable. [19:47] And he wants to let them all out. [19:49] And now he says, [19:49] if he loses again, [19:50] such a whiner that he is, [19:52] that there could be a bloodbath. [19:53] Thank you, [19:54] President Biden. [19:55] President Trump? [19:56] What they've done to some people [19:58] that are so innocent, [20:00] you ought to be ashamed of yourself. [20:01] What you have done, [20:02] how you've destroyed the lives [20:03] of so many people. [20:05] When they rip down Portland, [20:07] when they rip down many other cities, [20:10] you go to Minnesota, [20:12] Minneapolis, [20:12] what they've done there [20:14] with the fires all over the city. [20:16] If I didn't bring in the National Guard, [20:17] that city would have been destroyed. [20:19] When you look at all of the, [20:21] they took over big chunks of Seattle. [20:23] I was all set to bring in the National Guard. [20:25] They heard that. [20:26] They saw them coming [20:27] and they left immediately. [20:29] What he said about this whole subject [20:32] is so off, [20:33] peacefully patriotic. [20:34] One other thing, [20:36] the unselect committee, [20:38] which is basically two horrible Republicans [20:41] that are all gone now out of office, [20:43] Republicans and Democrats, [20:45] all Democrats, [20:46] they destroyed and deleted [20:48] all of the information they found [20:49] because they found out we were right. [20:51] We were right. [20:52] And they deleted and destroyed [20:54] all of the information. [20:55] They should go to jail for that. [20:57] If a Republican did that, [20:58] they'd go to jail. [20:58] Thank you, President Trump. [20:59] President Biden, [21:00] I want to give you a minute. [21:01] The only person on this stage [21:02] is a convicted felon [21:03] is the man I'm looking at right now. [21:05] And the fact of the matter is [21:07] what he's telling you [21:09] is simply not true. [21:10] The fact is that [21:11] there was no effort on his part [21:14] to stop what was going on [21:15] up in Capitol Hill. [21:17] And all those people, [21:18] every one of those who were convicted, [21:19] deserves to be convicted. [21:21] The idea that they didn't kill somebody, [21:23] just went in and broke down doors, [21:25] broke the windows, [21:27] occupied offices, [21:28] turned over desks, [21:30] turned over statutes. [21:31] The idea that those people [21:33] are patriots, come on. [21:36] When I asked him [21:36] the first of two debates we had, [21:38] the debates we had [21:39] the first time around, [21:40] I said, [21:41] will you denounce the Proud Boys? [21:43] He said, no, [21:44] I'll tell them to stand by. [21:46] The idea he's refusing, [21:47] will you denounce these guys? [21:50] Will you denounce the people [21:50] we're talking about now? [21:52] Will you denounce the people [21:53] who attacked that Capitol? [21:55] What are you going to do? [21:57] I'm going to give you a minute, [22:00] President Trump, [22:00] for a follow-up question I have. [22:02] After a jury convicted you [22:05] of 34 felonies last month, [22:06] you said if re-elected, [22:08] you would, quote, [22:09] have every right to go after, [22:10] unquote, [22:10] your political opponents. [22:12] You just talked about [22:13] members of the Select Committee [22:14] on January 6th going to jail. [22:16] Your main political opponent [22:17] is standing on stage [22:18] with you tonight. [22:19] Can you clarify exactly [22:20] what it means about you [22:22] feeling you have every right [22:22] to go after your political opponents? [22:24] Well, I said my retribution [22:26] is going to be success. [22:27] We're going to make this country [22:28] successful again, [22:29] because right now it's [22:30] a failing nation. [22:31] My retribution is going [22:32] to be a success. [22:33] But when he talks about [22:34] a convicted felon, [22:35] his son is a convicted felon [22:37] at a very high level. [22:39] His son is convicted, [22:40] going to be convicted [22:40] probably numerous other times. [22:42] Should have been convicted before, [22:44] but his Justice Department [22:45] let the statute of limitations [22:47] lapse on the most important things. [22:49] But he could be a convicted felon [22:50] as soon as he gets out of office. [22:52] Joe could be a convicted felon [22:53] with all of the things [22:54] that he's done. [22:55] He's done horrible things. [22:56] All of the death caused [22:58] at the border. [22:59] Telling the Ukrainian people [23:01] that we're going to want [23:02] a billion dollars [23:03] or you change the prosecutor. [23:05] Otherwise, you're not [23:06] getting a billion dollars. [23:07] Have I ever said that? [23:08] That's quid pro quo. [23:10] That we're not going [23:11] to do anything. [23:12] We're not going to give you [23:13] a billion dollars [23:13] unless you change your prosecutor [23:15] having to do with the son. [23:16] This man is a criminal. [23:18] This man, you're lucky. [23:19] You're lucky. [23:20] I did nothing wrong. [23:21] We'd have a system [23:22] that was rigged and disgusting. [23:24] I did nothing wrong. [23:25] Thank you, President Trump. [23:26] President Biden, you have said [23:28] I'm coming right to you, sir. [23:29] You want to respond? [23:31] Go ahead. [23:31] I'll give you a minute to respond. [23:32] The idea that I did anything wrong [23:35] relative to what you're talking about [23:37] is outrageous. [23:38] It's simply a lie, number one. [23:40] Number two, the idea [23:42] that you have a right [23:42] to seek retribution [23:43] against any American [23:44] just because you're president [23:46] is wrong. [23:47] It's simply wrong. [23:48] No president's ever spoken [23:49] like that before. [23:50] No president in our history [23:51] has spoken like that before. [23:53] Number three, [23:54] the crimes you are still charged with. [23:56] And think of all [23:57] the civil penalties you have. [23:58] How many billions of dollars [24:00] do you owe in civil penalties [24:01] for molesting a woman in public, [24:04] for doing a whole range of things, [24:06] of having sex with a porn star [24:08] on the night [24:09] while your wife was pregnant? [24:11] I mean, what are you talking about? [24:14] You have the morals of an alley cat. [24:17] Give you a minute, sir. [24:18] I didn't have sex with a porn star, [24:20] number one. [24:21] Number two, [24:21] that was a case [24:22] that was started [24:23] and moved. [24:24] They moved a high-ranking official, [24:26] a DOJ, [24:27] into the Manhattan DA's office [24:28] to start that case. [24:30] That case is going [24:31] to be appealed and won. [24:32] We had a very terrible judge, [24:35] a horrible judge, Democrat. [24:37] The prosecutor, [24:38] we're all high-ranking Democrats, [24:40] appointed people, [24:41] and both the civil [24:43] and the criminal. [24:44] He basically went [24:45] after his political opponent [24:47] because he thought [24:48] it was going to damage me. [24:49] But when the public [24:50] found out about these cases, [24:52] because they understand [24:52] it better than he does. [24:53] He has no idea [24:54] what these cases are. [24:55] But when they found out [24:56] about these cases, [24:57] you know what they did? [24:58] My poll numbers went up, [24:59] way up. [25:00] You know that [25:00] because you're reporting it. [25:01] And we took in more money [25:03] in the last two weeks [25:04] than we've ever taken in [25:05] in the history [25:06] of any campaign. [25:07] I don't think any campaign [25:08] has ever taken. [25:10] Hundreds of millions [25:11] of dollars came pouring in [25:12] because the public [25:13] knows it's a scam [25:15] and it's a guy [25:16] that's after his political opponent [25:17] because he can't win [25:18] fair and square. [25:19] Let's turn to concerns [25:20] that voters have [25:21] about each of you. [25:23] President Biden, [25:24] you would be 86 [25:25] at the end [25:26] of your second term. [25:28] How do you address [25:29] concerns about your capability [25:31] to handle the toughest job [25:33] in the world [25:33] well into your 80s? [25:36] Well, first of all, [25:37] I spent half my career [25:39] being criticized [25:40] being the youngest person [25:42] in politics. [25:43] I was the second youngest person [25:44] ever elected [25:45] to the United States Senate [25:46] and now I'm the oldest. [25:48] This guy's three years younger [25:49] and a lot less competent. [25:51] I think that just look [25:52] at the record. [25:53] Look at what I've done. [25:53] Look, I've turned around [25:54] the horrible situation [25:55] he left me. [25:57] As I said, [25:57] 50 million new jobs, [25:59] 800,000 manufacturing jobs, [26:01] more investment in America, [26:02] over millions, [26:04] billions of dollars [26:04] in private investment [26:05] in enterprises [26:07] that we are growing. [26:09] By the way, [26:10] we brought off [26:10] a lot of people [26:11] the whole idea [26:13] of computer chips. [26:14] We used to have [26:15] 40% of the market. [26:16] We invented those chips [26:17] and we lost it [26:19] because he was sending people [26:20] to find the cheapest jobs [26:22] overseas [26:23] and to bring home a product. [26:25] So I went to South Korea. [26:27] I convinced Samsung [26:28] to invest billions of dollars [26:30] here in the United States [26:31] and guess what? [26:34] Those fabs, [26:34] they call, [26:35] to build these chips, [26:38] those fabs pay [26:39] over $100,000. [26:40] You don't need [26:41] a college degree for them [26:42] and there's billions, [26:44] about $40 billion [26:45] already being invested [26:46] and being built right now [26:47] in the United States, [26:48] creating significant jobs [26:50] for Americans [26:51] all over the, [26:52] from all over the world. [26:53] President Biden, [26:54] you have 40 seconds left. [26:55] Would you like to add anything? [26:56] Yeah, I would. [26:57] The idea that somehow [26:59] we are this failing country. [27:02] I never heard a president [27:03] talk like this before. [27:05] We're the envy of the world. [27:07] Name me a single major [27:09] country president [27:10] who wouldn't trade places [27:11] with the United States of America [27:13] for all our problems [27:14] and all our opportunities. [27:16] We're the most progressive [27:16] country in the world [27:17] in getting things done. [27:19] We're the strongest [27:19] country in the world. [27:20] We're a country in the world [27:21] who keeps our word [27:22] and everybody trusts us, [27:24] all of our allies [27:25] and our, [27:26] and our, [27:27] and our, [27:27] those who he coddles up to [27:29] from Kim Jong-un, [27:30] he sends love letters to him, [27:32] Putin, et cetera. [27:33] They don't want to [27:34] screw around with us. [27:36] Thank you. [27:36] Former President Trump, [27:37] to follow up, [27:38] you would be 82 [27:39] at the end of your second term. [27:41] What do you say to voters [27:42] who have concerns [27:43] about your capabilities [27:45] to serve? [27:46] Well, I took two tests, [27:47] cognitive tests. [27:48] I aced them, [27:49] both of them, [27:49] as you know. [27:50] We made it public. [27:51] He took none. [27:52] I'd like to see him take one, [27:53] just one, [27:54] a real easy one, [27:55] like go through [27:55] the first five questions. [27:56] He couldn't do it. [27:58] But I took two cognitive tests. [27:59] I took physical exams [28:01] every year. [28:02] And, you know, [28:03] we knock on wood, [28:04] wherever we may have wood, [28:05] that I'm in very good health. [28:07] I just won [28:07] two club championships, [28:09] not even senior, [28:10] two regular club championships. [28:11] To do that, [28:12] you have to be quite smart [28:14] and you have to be able [28:15] to hit the ball a long way. [28:17] And I do it. [28:17] He doesn't do it. [28:18] He can't hit a ball 50 yards. [28:19] He challenged me [28:20] to a golf match. [28:21] He can't hit a ball 50 yards. [28:23] I think I'm in very good shape. [28:24] I feel that I'm as in good a shape [28:26] as I was 25, 30 years ago. [28:28] Actually, [28:29] I'm probably a little bit lighter. [28:31] But I'm in as good a shape [28:32] as I was years ago. [28:34] I feel very good. [28:35] I feel the same. [28:36] But I took, [28:37] I was willing to take [28:38] a cognitive test. [28:39] And you know what? [28:39] If I didn't do well, [28:40] I aced him. [28:41] Dr. Ronnie Jackson, [28:42] who's a great guy [28:44] when he was a White House doctor. [28:45] And then I took another one, [28:46] a similar one. [28:47] And both, [28:48] one of them said [28:49] they've never seen anybody ace him. [28:51] Thank you. [28:52] President Biden? [28:53] You can see he is 6'5 [28:55] and only 223 pounds [28:57] or 235 pounds. [28:59] Well, you said 6'4, 200. [29:02] Well, anyway, [29:03] that's what you're, [29:04] anyway, [29:04] just take a look [29:05] at what he says he is [29:06] and take a look at what he is. [29:08] Look, [29:08] I'd be happy [29:09] to have a driving contest with him. [29:11] The reason I got my handicap, [29:12] which when I was vice president, [29:14] down to a 6. [29:17] And by the way, [29:18] I told you before, [29:19] I'm happy to play golf [29:20] if you carry your own bag. [29:22] Think you can do it? [29:25] He's a 6 handicap of all. [29:27] I was an 8 handicap. [29:29] Yeah. [29:29] 8? [29:31] Never. [29:31] But I have, [29:32] you know how many, [29:32] I've seen your swing, [29:33] I know your swing. [29:34] Let's not act like children. [29:36] President Trump, [29:37] we're going to turn around. [29:37] Let's not act like children. [29:39] You are a child. [29:40] To a specific concern [29:41] that voters have about you, [29:43] will you pledge tonight [29:44] that once all legal challenges [29:47] have been exhausted, [29:48] that you will accept [29:50] the results of this election, [29:51] regardless of who wins, [29:53] and you will say right now [29:55] that political violence [29:57] in any form is unacceptable? [29:59] Well, [29:59] I shouldn't have to say that, [30:01] but of course I believe that. [30:02] It's totally unacceptable. [30:04] And if you would see my statements [30:06] that I made on Twitter at the time, [30:07] and also my statement [30:09] that I made in the Rose Garden, [30:10] you would say it's one [30:11] of the strongest statements [30:12] you've ever seen. [30:12] In addition to the speech I made, [30:14] in front of, [30:15] I believe, [30:15] the largest crowd [30:16] I've ever spoken to, [30:17] and I will tell you, [30:18] nobody ever talks about that. [30:19] They talk about [30:20] a relatively small number of people [30:22] that went to the Capitol [30:23] and in many cases [30:25] were ushered in by the police. [30:26] And as Nancy Pelosi said, [30:28] it was her responsibility, [30:29] not mine. [30:30] She said that loud and clear. [30:32] But the answer is, [30:33] if the election is fair, free, [30:35] and I want that more than anybody, [30:37] and I'll tell you something, [30:39] I wish he was a great president [30:41] because I wouldn't be here right now. [30:42] I'd be at one of my many places [30:45] enjoying myself. [30:46] I wouldn't be under indictment [30:48] because I wouldn't have been [30:48] his political opponent, [30:50] you know, opponent, [30:51] because he indicted me [30:52] because I was his opponent. [30:54] I wish he was a great president. [30:56] I would rather have that. [30:58] I wouldn't be here. [30:59] I don't mind being here. [31:01] But the only reason I'm here [31:02] is he's so bad as a president [31:03] that I'm going to make [31:04] America great again. [31:06] We're going to make [31:06] America great again. [31:08] We're a failing nation right now. [31:10] We're a seriously failing nation. [31:11] And we're a failing nation [31:13] because of him. [31:14] His policies are so bad. [31:16] His military policies are insane. [31:21] They're insane. [31:22] These are wars [31:22] that will never end with him. [31:24] He will drive us into World War III, [31:26] and we're closer to World War III [31:28] than anybody can imagine. [31:29] We are very, very close [31:31] to World War III, [31:32] and he's driving us there. [31:34] And Kim Jong-un [31:35] and President Xi of China, [31:37] Kim Jong-un of North Korea, [31:39] all of these, Putin, [31:40] they don't respect him. [31:42] They don't fear him. [31:43] They have nothing going [31:44] with this gentleman, [31:45] and he's going to drive us [31:47] into World War III. [31:49] You want a World War III, [31:52] let him follow and win [31:53] and let Putin say, [31:54] do what you want, NATO. [31:56] Just do what you want. [31:57] There's a thing called Article 5, [31:59] an attack on one [32:00] is an attack on all [32:01] and required response. [32:03] The idea, the idea, [32:05] I can't think of [32:06] a single major leader [32:08] in the world [32:08] who wouldn't trade places [32:10] with what job I've done [32:11] and what they've done [32:12] because we are a powerful nation. [32:14] We have wonderful people. [32:15] It's because of the people, [32:16] not me. [32:16] It's because of the American people. [32:18] They're capable of anything, [32:19] and they step up [32:20] when they're needed. [32:21] And right now, we're needed. [32:22] We're needed to protect the world [32:24] because our own safety is at stake. [32:26] And again, you want to have a war, [32:28] just let Putin go ahead [32:30] and take Kiev, [32:30] make sure they move on, [32:32] see what happens in Poland, Hungary, [32:34] and other places along that border. [32:36] Then you have a war. [32:38] President Trump, [32:39] as I come back to you [32:40] for a follow-up, [32:42] the question was, [32:43] will you accept the results [32:45] of this election [32:46] regardless of who wins? [32:47] Just to finish what he said, [32:49] if I might, [32:51] Russia, [32:52] they took a lot of land from Bush. [32:55] They took a lot of land [32:56] from Obama and Biden. [32:58] They took no land, [33:00] nothing from Trump, [33:01] nothing. [33:01] He knew not to do it. [33:03] He's not going to play games with me. [33:05] He knew that. [33:05] I got along with him very well, [33:06] but he knew not to play games. [33:08] He took nothing from me, [33:09] but now he's going to take [33:11] the whole thing [33:12] from this man right here. [33:15] That's a war [33:15] that should have never started. [33:17] It would have never started, [33:18] ever, with me. [33:20] And he's going to take Ukraine. [33:23] And, you know, [33:23] you asked me a question before, [33:24] would you do this? [33:25] He's got us in such a bad position [33:27] right now with Ukraine and Russia [33:30] because Ukraine's not winning that war. [33:33] He said, [33:33] I will never settle [33:34] until such time. [33:35] They're running out of people. [33:36] They're running out of soldiers. [33:37] They've lost so many people. [33:38] It's so sad. [33:40] They've lost so many people [33:41] and they've lost those gorgeous cities [33:43] with the golden domes [33:44] that are 1,000 years old [33:46] all because of him [33:47] and stupid decisions [33:48] Russia would have never attacked [33:50] if I were president. [33:51] President Trump, [33:52] the question was, [33:53] will you accept the results [33:54] of the election [33:55] regardless of who wins? [33:56] Yes or no, please. [33:58] If it's a fair and legal [34:00] and good election, [34:01] absolutely. [34:02] I would have much rather [34:04] accepted these, [34:05] but the fraud [34:07] and everything else [34:08] was ridiculous. [34:09] And if you want, [34:10] we'll have a news conference [34:11] on it in a week [34:12] or we'll have another one [34:13] of these in a week. [34:15] But I will absolutely, [34:17] there's nothing I'd rather do. [34:19] It would be much easier [34:20] for me to do that [34:21] than I'm running again. [34:23] I wasn't really going to run [34:25] until I saw the horrible job he did. [34:28] He's destroying our country. [34:30] I would be very happy [34:31] to be someplace else [34:32] in a nice location someplace. [34:34] And again, [34:35] no indictments, [34:37] no political opponent stuff [34:38] because it's the only way [34:39] he thinks he can win. [34:40] But unfortunately, [34:41] it's driven up my numbers [34:43] and driven them up [34:44] to a very high level [34:45] because the people understand it. [34:46] Let's see what your numbers are [34:48] when this election is over. [34:50] Let's see. [34:51] You're a whiner. [34:52] When you lost the first time, [34:54] you continued, [34:55] you appealed and appealed [34:56] to courts all across the country. [34:58] Not one single court [35:00] in America [35:01] said any of your claims [35:02] had any merit, [35:04] state or local, [35:05] none. [35:06] But you continue [35:07] to provoke this lie [35:09] about somehow [35:10] there's all this misrepresentation, [35:13] all this stealing. [35:14] There's no evidence [35:15] of that at all. [35:16] And I tell you what, [35:17] I doubt whether you'll accept it [35:19] because you're such a whiner. [35:20] The idea if you lose again, [35:22] you accept in anything, [35:23] you can't stand the loss. [35:24] Something snapped in you [35:25] when you lost the last time. [35:26] We'll be right back. [35:29] We'll be right back.