Fractious presidential debate unlikely to move needle for Trump


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  • Wednesday, 30 Sep 2020

President Donald Trump reaches back for first lady Melania Trump's hand after she joined him on stage after U.S. President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden first 2020 presidential campaign debate held on the campus of the Cleveland Clinic at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, U.S., September 29, 2020. REUTERS/Brian Snyder

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Down in the opinion polls with five weeks to go until the November election, U.S. President Donald Trump sought to use the first presidential debate to bully his way back into the race.

Repeatedly interrupting and sparring with opponent Joe Biden, the Republican Trump tried to knock the Democratic former vice president off his feet Tuesday night and alter the dynamic of a contest he has been losing for months.

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