Democrat Hillary Clinton Scores Knockout of Republican Donald J. Trump in First Presidential Debate
By: Ricardo E. Calderon, Eagle Pass Business Journal, Inc., Copyright 2016
Over 100 Million American and worldwide citizens witnessed a stunning knockout scored by Democratic Presidential Candidate Hillary Clinton over Republican Donald J. Trump in the First Presidential Debate held on September 26, 2016 at Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York, demonstrating her superior intellect, courage, and experience to become the 45th President of the United States of America compared to a completely unprepared, amateurish, and out of touch Donald J. Trump.
Secretary Clinton started very strong from the opening bell of the debate with a commanding knowledge on achieving prosperity in America by proposing a smart fair trade system and policies which will increase the minimizing wage, affordable child care programs, debt free college education programs, and equal pay for women while Donald J. Trump complained about American corporations moving manufacturing jobs abroad and the need to stop them from exporting jobs previously held by Americans such as Ford Motor Company and Carrier Air Conditioners relocating manufacturing facilities to Mexico.
Clinton pointed out that Trump’s trade proposal is a “Trump-Up Trickle Down” which seeks to give tax breaks to the wealthy in the United States and let it trickle down to the middle class. Clinton noted these “trickle down” economics miserably failed during Republican President George W. Bush, causing the greatest recession in America since 1930 in 2008 when President Obama took office. Clinton schooled Trump that his Republican “trickle down” economic policies caused the loss of 9 Million jobs, 5 Million lost their homes, and $13 Trillion loss of wealth. Clinton outlined that Trump’s “trickle down” economics would cause a $5 Trillion deficit to the national debt, lose 3 1/2 Million jobs, and start a new recession in the U.S.
Moderator Lester Holt raised the question to Trump why hasn’t he released his federal income tax returns like all U.S. Presidential candidates for the past 40 years. Trump failed miserably to provide a legitimate reason for failing to disclose his federal income tax returns to American taxpayers.
Clinton threw jabs and hooks to Trump’s disingenuous failure to release his tax returns by pointing out that Trump is not paying federal income taxes like the rest of Americans, may not be as rich as he claims, may not be as charitable as he claims to be, and may show he owes over $650 Million to Wall Street bankers and foreign banks. Clinton suggested Trump must be hiding something from taxpayers such as not paying any federal income taxes and hide potential conflicts of interest if elected. Clinton noted Trump had filed for bankruptcy six times with his businesses, while Trump replied he was smart if he was not paying any federal income taxes. Trump boasted he filed a financial statement with the Federal Election Commission showing an income of $634 Million during the past year.
On the issue of race in America, Clinton was brilliant recognizing that race remains a significant challenge in our country that still determines too many things such as where you live, go to school, go to church, where you work at, and how you are treated by the criminal justice system, stating “everyone should be respected by the law and everyone should respect the law.” Clinton recommended that people who are on no fly lists and watch lists should not be allowed to obtain and have access to guns, which Trump agreed with too.
Trump proposed implementing a national “stop and frisk” policy across the U.S. In order to bring “Law and Order” to the U.S., particularly in African -American and Latino communities. Moderator Lester Holt raised the point that “stop and frisk” police policies had been found unconstitutional by a New York federal court and was adversely used against African-Americans and Latinos. Trump stated that “African-Americans and Hispanics are living in hell” in their communities due to high crime rates.
Clinton countered that “stop and frisk” police policies had been found ineffective and unconstitutional by a federal court because it was applied disparately to African Americans and Hispanics, resulting in racial profiling.
Moderator Lester Holt asked Trump why did he start the Birther movement against President Obama not being born in the U.S. Trump replied with a. weak answer stating that he had made President Obama to produce his birth certificate to prove he was born in the U.S. And he he had nothing further to say.
Clinton raised the fact that Trump had questioned President Obama’s citizenship for five years until last week he admitted Obama was a U.S. Citizen. Clinton pointed out that Trump has a long history of being sued by the U.S. Department of Justice for racial discrimination by not renting apartments to African Americans in his apartments since 1973.
Clinton also jumped on Trump by raising his refusal to acknowledge that Climate Change is for real, instead claiming that it is a hoax created by China.
Moderator Lester Holt discussed cyber-security in the U.S. With Clinton stating that she would aggressively pursue hackers of U.S. Government information and industry and defend all Americans against independent and foreign government hackers, while Trump stated he does not know if Russia had hacked the Democratic National Committee.
Another issue Clinton easily won was the use of Nuclear Weapons with Trump stating he would not use nuclear weapons as a first strike, but did not want to take that off the table. Clinton countered that a person such as Trump who easily gets flustered by a tweet on his Twitter account should not be trusted with the nuclear codes. Clinton lectured Trump that “”words matter when you run for President of the U.S. And when you are President” of the U.S. Clinton pledged to defend Americans and Americas’s global allies.
Trump challenged Clinton’s stamina and lack of presidential look, failed miserably when Clinton replied that after he visits 112 countries, negotiates treaties, negotiates cease fires, and participates in the killing of terrorists,, then maybe he would be tired too.
Clinton finished the debate with a knockout punch raising Trump’s lack of respect for women by calling them piggy, fat, and lack of paying them an equal salary as men in his companies while defending former Miss Universe Alicia Machado who was verbally and psychologically abused by Trump because she was a Latina.
