The US election has changed again, and Trump has received bad news: the "champagne" may have been opened too early. Two days ago, the US election kicked off a crucial "war of words", that is, the first televised debate between Trump and Harris. It is generally believed that this is the most important moment in the 2024 US presidential election. The public debate between the two this time has a touch of drama, which is like a role-swapping version of Biden and Trump. I believe everyone still remembers the debate between Biden and Trump in June this year, when Trump liked to use age to criticize Biden.
This time, the situation was completely reversed. Harris, who is at least 20 years younger than Trump, often mentioned Trump's age in public and mercilessly criticized one of the oldest presidential candidates in American history.
Now it seems that such criticism really has some effect. Throughout the TV debate, Trump obviously lost his previous sharpness, which also disappointed many viewers who were watching TV. This disappointment is quite fatal for Trump, who is at a critical stage of the election. If there is no new turning point in the future, he may receive bad news. The bad news is that the "champagne" may have been opened too early, and the shooting incident cannot directly send him to the presidency. According to the latest opinion polls, before the first TV debate began, Harris was one percentage point ahead of Trump in the national polls. After this debate, the gap between the two sides is very likely to widen. The reason for this situation may be that Trump was hit by a "boomerang". In the past, during the debate, Trump was very aggressive, but in front of Harris, this trick did not work.
Trump can say that Biden is an old man. After all, he is not young anymore. It is okay for two old men to make fun of each other's age. But if he criticizes Harris, he will most likely be criticized by the outside world as a personal attack. And it's not just age. Trump can't bring up other aspects of Harris because Harris has too many politically correct attributes. If Trump is not careful, he will offend black, female, Asian and young voters. With the blessing of multiple identities, once the two of them start to "scold" each other unscrupulously, Trump will inevitably be at a disadvantage. This may be why his words in this TV debate are far less sharp than before.
In short, judging from the latest poll data and the outside world's evaluation of this debate, Trump has obviously faced a formidable enemy this time. This is actually beyond the expectations of many people. It was thought that Trump, who was shot but survived, would become the next US president. But now looking back, many people have underestimated Harris's methods and underestimated the Democratic Party.