How Trump Can Win the Debate

No need for showmanship. Just contrast Biden’s record with his own.

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Former president Donald Trump gives the keynote address at Turning Point Action’s “The People’s Convention” in Detroit, Mich., June 15, 2024.

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Donald Trump may be a real estate guy, but his ethic in the first presidential debate should be the familiar rule from the medical profession: First, do no harm.

Trump was rejected by the voters and is getting a second chance — not after turning over a new leaf, not after disappearing on an image-boosting world tour, not after starting a new philanthropy. Trump has simply remained himself, while Biden has made people yearn for the pre-Biden years.

Rich Lowry

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Rich Lowry

Rich Lowry is the editor in chief of National Review.

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