Nicholas Kristof

NYT

(FILES) US President Donald Trump (L) and Democratic Presidential candidate and former US Vice President Joe Biden exchange arguments during the first presidential debate at Case Western Reserve University and Cleveland Clinic in Cleveland, Ohio, on September 29, 2020. Just like in 2016, the first debate of the 2020 presidential election turned into chaos. Now the incumbent president, Donald Trump constantly interrupts Joe Biden, who ends up throwing back a memorable "will you shut up, man"? The Democrat also calls his opponent a "clown" or "Putin's poodle". Predictably, Donald Trump refuses to say whether he will recognize the result of the election. Unable to keep the two candidates at bay, the debate moderator, Fox News journalist Chris Wallace, confessed to feeling "despair". (Photo by Jim WATSON / AFP)

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