Donald Trump's Debate Analysis

Pat Buchanan, who is a political commentator and author. McLaughlin has known Buchanan since 1970 and who has been a panelist for much of the show's history. Eleanor Clift, who is a contributor to MSNBC and The Daily Beast, seems to be conservative in her views. Tom Rogan, who is a columnist for National Review and Daily Telegraph and Clarence Page, who contributor for The Chicago Tribune. I watched three episodes of The McLaughlin Group on You Tube. Issues on most episodes commonly discussed included American foreign policy and domestic security issues and of course the presidential candidates.

With less than a month left in the presidential race, Eric Trump went one-on-one with ABC’s “This Week” host, George Stephanopoulos, to defend the questionable campaign of his father.

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in the debate was about immigration. Every year, thousands of immigrants come to the United States, some document and some undocumented. They have different reasons for wanting to come to America, whether it is for jobs, the policies and laws of the United States, the economy, or even refugees from countries which are going through a civil war.

The first presidential debate was held in Hempstead, New York on Monday of September 26. The two presidential candidates that clashed that night was Republican nominee Donald J. Trump and Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton. This night was meant to gain an advantage on your opponent in the polls. The debate focused on three main points of discussion; America’s Direction, Achieving Prosperity, and Securing America.

Normally my job is pretty routine, but I saw something tonight that I’ll remember for a long time. I’m a cameraman, and tonight I worked at WBBM Studios in Chicago, where the first presidential debate took place between Vice President Nixon and Senator Kennedy. This first debate has turned into a big deal. The whole setup for the debate was really brand new, since the television networks all gave an hour of free time—no commercials. President Eisenhower even signed a special law to allow it. So it was definitely a very big deal. When I got to the station late this afternoon, everyone seemed pretty keyed up. I was too—I was really worried about not making any mistakes. I was really excited when the two candidates arrived. Vice President Nixon

Uninformed viewers which make up most of the public who do not consider themselves partisan or involved in politics are heavily affected by televised presidential debates. These viewers catch only glimpses of candidates and their policy positions. Because of their lack of knowledge, these viewers

Another thing they had talked about during this program was the fact that at the Republican Presidential Debate, the moderators were deliberately turning the candidates against each other with the questions they were asking. They were purposely trying to get them to fight with each other instead of trying to get them to discuss the real issues that needed to be discussed. The moderators just wanted to see how the candidates reacted to this

Jeb Bush and Donald Trump had a moment when Bush questioned Trump’s use of eminent domain to take an elderly women’s property. Trump lashed out telling Bush to be quiet and mocking him for “trying to be a tough guy.” Trump’s comment prompted boos from the audience and he took this opportunity to blast the audience claiming that the debate audience is filled with donors. Besides this encounter Trump had a pretty quiet night.

On October 13th, I watched the Democratic Debate hosted by CNN in the Terrace with many other Honors students. I decided to watch in order to inform myself about politics and potential presidential candidates, since I will be a voting citizen by the time the next election rolls around. Coming from a poor small town community in northern Michigan, few people are involved and educated about politics. Voting is a private issue, and our government class was basically limited to the three branches of federal government. By attending the debate, I hope to become more educated about the politics in America, and be a more informed voter.

The format of the debate was a total failure. Moderators sought to put the candidates at odds which led to the moderators losing control of the debate especially with how many candidates were on stage, it was chaotic. As for moderators, it should have been just one moderator Jake Tapper because his co-host Dana Bash and conservative moderator only got to ask three questions during the course of three hour show. Also, three hours for one debate plus count the previous low-tier debate, a total of five hours in which two hours were dedicated to Trump bashing is way too long to even deal with. By count, this debate focused 44 percent of questions on Trump with 26 questions having Trump’s name on it in. On Veteran issues or Obamacare, zero percent

One big topic for the second segment, America’s Direction, largely focused on police brutality and all of the numerous police killings in the United stated and how the new president planned to combat that. Hillary stated that we need to retrain our officers

Here are some of the best bits of the whole conversation, which is available for viewing in full on SHOWstudio's youtube channel for a limited time.

The debate began like no other I have seen in the past. As the candidates walked towards center stage they decided not to shake hands. This upset me because although they are adversaries both of the candidates have the same goal: to improve America. That being said, both candidates have wildly different theories on how to improve the country. One theory I agree with is Donald Trumps view on how to combat isis. Trump feels that severe and aggressive actions must be taken. He explains how they are using steel cages to perform mass drownings and are chopping of heads. I believe that we must take severe and not necessarily morally acceptable actions to fight back and therefore agree with Donald Trump on this issue. That being said when it came

This time in America, the news broadcasters have had no shortage of information to discuss on television. These programs have many topics such as President Donald Trump, riots, Hurricane Harvey, and other recent events. After analyzing Anderson Cooper 360, most of these discussions involve President Trump, and negative comments towards him. CNN does not seem valid, because they use opinions and assumption, they use words that seem unprofessional, and only the negative views are brought up in the broadcast.