She jabbed and triggered, but she risked no decisive action. She answered the questions and answered them competently. In the third debate, as so often before, she refused opportunities to turn tables, launch surprises, and generally do the unexpected. That statement started a debate over whether.

to launch a nuclear weapon after a president’s order is issued.

I'll be against it when I'm president.”įourth: She will reach the presidency as she sought it, deeply cautious and risk-averse. To make her point, Clinton said that it takes about four minutes for the U.S. She reaffirmed a pledge against the Trans-Pacific Partnership: “I’m against it now. Hillary Clinton detoured to reference aluminum dumping as a continuing problem. has imposed anti-dumping duties on Chinese aluminum since the spring of 2011. If you were on social media over the weekend, chances are you saw some heated discussions taking place surrounding NFL players who took a knee during the National Anthem. Third: Trade tensions will intensify no matter who is elected president. Will the battle over this plan define her first year? She doubled down instead on a pathway to citizenship for all but “violent” criminal undocumented immigrants. Second: She’s gearing up for an early big battle over. If it’s up to President Clinton, they’ll go higher still. But here was a chance to soften or modify the commitment. The top tax rates are higher today than at any time since the early 1980s. Second: She’s gearing up for an early big battle over immigration, the first 100 days. The top tax rates are higher today than at any time since the early 1980s. “Cutting taxes on the wealthy-we tried that,” she said, omitting that of course the upper-income Bush tax cuts expired in 2013. Without much prompting, she worked her own way to her version of “go where the money is”-in reply to a highly generic first question. I noted four over the course of 90 minutes.įirst: She really does intend to try to raise taxes. The more future-relevant takeaways from the debate in Las Vegas debate concern Hillary Clinton, and the kind of president she’ll be.

What constituency will exist after November 8 for Donald Trump’s complaints about the media, the voting machines, and the zombie voters of Pennsylvania? Most likely, very little. Then of course it all went wrong.īut how much did it matter that it all went wrong? The election is shaping up as … not close. Restrained (for him), disciplined (for him), Donald Trump got through a little more than one hour of television without major incident. After the third and final presidential debate of 2016, the only uncertainty remaining in this race is what Donald Trump will say in his concession speech.

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