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US election 2020: Trump boasts about huge crowd at campaigns

US election 2020: Trump boasts about huge crowd at campaigns

First presidential debate for the US elections 2020

During the first Presidential Debate for the upcoming US elections 2020, the US President Donald Trump and his opponent Joe Biden took to the stage for a face-off.

While talking about the novel coronavirus,Trumpwas seen boasting about the huge turnout at his election campaigns. Talking about how 'Sleepy Joe' was always conducting online campaigns,Trumpeven took a hit at JoeBidenlaughing "nobody would come".

Trumpsaid he went ahead and conducted the campaigns in open-air, mainly near or at the airports where he says, "thousands of people turn up within 24 hours notice".

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He was seen boasting about how thousands of people turn up at his election campaigns, but failed to address the lack of social distancing and masks.

He also mockedJoe Biden for wearingmasks. To this, Biden recalled the incident when a journalist approachedTrumpand he took a step back asking 'Have you been tested?' claiming thatTrumponly cares about himself, and nobody else.

This is not the first timeTrumphas been seen boasting about the huge campaign turnouts. Previously at the Michigan rally, he had said,"This is not the crowd of a person who comes in second place."

'You graduated lowest of your class'

The two also participated in bitterbanter whereBiden calledTrumpto be not that smart, to which the President replied "There's nothing smart about you" because "you graduated the lowest of your class".

"Don't ever use the word smart with me. Don't ever use that word with me. There's nothing smart about you, Joe," Trump said.

The two leaders did not also shake hands at the beginning of the debate. While the primary reason behind the same can be the fear of contracting coronavirus, it also pointed towards the bitterness between the two leaders.