Chaotic clash in Cleveland: Five takeaways from first U.S. presidential debate


  • World
  • Wednesday, 30 Sep 2020

Janet Brown, the Executive Director of the Commission on Presidential Debates, addresses the audience at the start of the first 2020 presidential campaign debate between U.S. President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, 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) - President Donald Trump and his Democratic challenger, former Vice President Joe Biden, faced off in their first debate of the campaign in Cleveland on Tuesday, with Trump talking over his rival and the moderator as he sought to hold the spotlight.

Here are takeaways from the matchup, the first of three before the Nov. 3 election:

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