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Joe Biden and former president Donald Trump are set to face off on Thursday for the earliest presidential debate in
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modern history by like a lot usually it's September uh the debate hosted by CNN U moderated by Jake tappa Jake
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Tapper uh and Dana Bash uh be the first time uh Biden and Trump have gone head-to-head or have been in the same
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room since our last debate in October of 2020 I don't think they like each other
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a Marist poll from last week shows a dead heat between the candidates and actually uh gliden was up a little bit
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he's been going up a little bit including a Fox News pole which is making uh president Trump Lo former
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president Trump lose his mind which is not very far to go um so let's talk about strategery Scott now here you are
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going into this debate I talked about a little bit on the Chris walls show this week but um what is the strategery just
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for some more background RFK Jr did not make the cut for the debate falling short in ballot qualification and
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polling he's making a lot of noise the debate rules just for people to know and then I love your thoughts on this no
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live audience no prop allow on stage microphones will be muted when it's not a candidate's turn to speak I believe
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they have two minutes Biden won the coin toss and selected his Podium position on
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the right side of the screen Trump then chose to have the last word uh in closing statements um so so what do we
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think give me a give me a what Biden should this is the question we asked on Chris Wall I that it was a good one does
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this does this setup help which one from if you are the marketing guy here figuring out sort of the Optics of it
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which one do you think this set helps oh it's total team Biden in terms of Advantage interesting uh Trump is so
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quick and outrageous on his feet and so plays to the crowd and tickles people's sensors and all all that him constantly
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interrupting people it just throws the other person off you know off-kilter so them shutting off the mic is totally
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advantageous to Biden there would be some crazy I think Democrats tend to be a little bit more civil than maybe Maga
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people he's not going to show up with a bunch of people who've ACC I mean do you
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remember the [ __ ] Clint Clinton so he creates a sideshow in a carnival which throws the
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other person off their feet and the strategy here is really simple okay let's talk about the economy I wouldn't
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I wouldn't I wouldn't go to all right let me get what is the one thing Biden should avoid and one thing he should
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lean into and what is the one thing Trump should avoid and lean into um if I were if if I were um if I were Biden I
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would stay away from the Trump court cases I think that people will go there on their own and um I don't think he I
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think he wants to talk about the economy and bodily autonomy and how he is he is
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actually taking action against immigration I would go very very almost conservative and hard right on
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immigration and say now if the Republicans would only help me solve the crisis at the border and I would talk
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about the economy I would talk about numbers I would be very kind of adult almost like an economist and I would
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would end the debate with the following awkward pause my last question to our viewers tonight after thinking CNN is do
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you have daughters and I would just leave the air empty for a few seconds very good I like that he many
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people think he should not you know how Reagan did that fantastic uh rejoiner but I'm not going to let my age take
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advantage he's not witty like that and so he should he have a joke in his pocket though about his
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age Trump goes there because Trump's got some COG of dingy dongs happening constantly now yeah I mean he should
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have a couple he should have prepackaged two or three when someone brings up age
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you should come up with you know say look look we're we're you know we're we're both probably consumers of
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catheters I I would make jokes that to remind everybody that the guy across this the stage from me is also really
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[ __ ] old folks so yeah you hate us both whatever whatever you want to talk about but him not having a hot mic um if
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I were if I were um and if I were Trump I would talk a lot about what's happened
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on universities when Democrats take over institutions and what's happened in democratically controlled cities that's
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where I would focus if I were if I were uh if I were Trump chaos crime and Chaos
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sort of the Nixon kind of thing well the most Dem I mean the arguments they should make and this is what media they
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should roll every day is this is what happens when democratically controlled leadership takes over an institution
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look at what's happened to our Elite universities this is what happens when Democrats get control of a city even if
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if it has a ton of money this is what happens is it is it okay go downtown San Francisco is this what you want the
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country to be I realize that's not fair I realize you love San Francisco that is
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just from a perception standpoint you're coming with me there okay yeah go ahead
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it's Chang but go ahead I agree I live there it may be wonderful I'm just talking pure perception people yeah I
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got people who've never been there for some reason think it's a hellscape right now unfairly or fairly and also to be
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fair like Portland and Seattle are really I have been to those cities recently they've changed a lot they have
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they have I agree with you so so one of the things that what should Trump not do
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because one some people think he will be calmer where and he can't be jacked up that's the thing and so he'll be the if
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you recall the first debate with Biden and this is a long time ago he was you know cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs really you
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know stand back and stand by interruptive crazy and all Biden had to say is come on man you know he kept
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doing and Biden sort of won that debate the second one it looked like he was druged and calmer so what some people
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think no live audience no props microphones muted will make him into reasonable Trump so yeah I don't I don't know I
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mean that I would never advise it's like Michael Michael Jackson used to show up
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with one glove and grab his crotch I don't think any amount of prep would have told him to do it and yet it was
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genius at the time you're like okay it works for him I don't know how to advise Trump
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because every piece of advice I would have would be try and act more sane because that's people's fear around you
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and try not to be all over the place try and focus on try and come across as people you want to look at points of
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Distinction and then press on those points of Distinction the the reason Biden will if Biden loses this election
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it'll be because of the following the people see him is too feeble to be commanderin-chief that is the only
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reason he will lose yep and so you want to press on that and so Trump wants to come across as distinctly more robust
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and young and part of that is cognitive capability so if I Was preparing Trump I
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would say you need to have command of the of the issues you need to come across as somewhat sane you need to come
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across as youthful and vigorous laugh poke fun of yourself and have real command of the data you need to you need
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to draw sharp relief between you and the old man that's what my advice to be yeah
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the problem is like everywhere he goes he's he's missing words now he's doing a lot of stuff and obviously has a family
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history this but um of dementia but one of the things that I think is problematic and I I spoke to a lot of
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people in that CEO Summit they were surp now look they're going to back Trump because it's good for them in tax cuts
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let me just say and someone who was there saying they thought he was crazy they're still going to back him right um
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he was losing words he was going off on tangents this was a crowd that was welcoming to him um this CEO group uh
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the business round table and um and were was willing to like Overlook the Insurrection kind of stuff for for a tax
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cut and I talked to a number of people who are like whoa like whoa like that kind
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of thing so I think that's where he I don't know how much he has control over that or is willing to do that I think
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one of the things he cannot do is talk about losing the election that's it was stolen a great he cannot he cannot Look
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Backwards but he can't get off of that I you stole the election you stole the election that thing is if he does that
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it's an opportunity animates him yeah if he does that if he does that it's a huge opportunity
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for Biden Biden needs to be ready to go and go okay 43 cases zero credibility you know just XY Z what's the difference
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between every what's the difference between us and every other Nation we we have people who can see all you know
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Biden has to be ready to really like drive a train through that I think Trump can't help it I everything he and then
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the other thing he's saying the last thing I'd say is he's all saying that Biden's getting a shot in the ass which
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means Trump is getting a shot in the ass right like every he says I'm like oh that's what you're doing like that he's
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getting special drugs I mean Trump looks like he's taking every drug in town like
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it feel like a zic it looks like he's Biden needs to practice the age-old adage about being interviewed don't
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answer the question they ask answer the question you want to ask at some point he needs to say the following Trump
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threatened to tried to ban Tik Tok and carve it up we have actually banned it or investing it with a plan that will
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pass Muster that makes sense Biden constantly you know uh you know Trump talks about safety in the Middle East we
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sent two aircraft carriers over there and we are we have we have so far sequestered this from becoming a more
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regional conflict he needs to say okay Trump talks a big game but we actually we actually you know we have some
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overlap here you agreed you thought Tik Tok was a national threat I want to give
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you credibility for it we've actually done something about it you talk a big game about being an ally to Israel we're
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actually the real Ally here one of us has has deployed an aircraft carrier there right yeah you know yeah I think
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that's true I think one of the interesting things going into is the money raising now Trump is they thought
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this would happen but he's raised 141 million in May Biden raised 85 million um he was way ahead Biden um 53 million
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came in from pump 24 hours after the hush money verdict of course he's really done very well by being a felon um
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there's also uh I think that'll ultimately even out and depends on where they spend it I don't know what else to
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say I don't think there's going to be a big deficit between them um Trump VP uh speculation he's making a circus of it
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he revealed this weekend he knows whose pick will be although he hasn't told the
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person yet the future BP canid will most likely be at the debate according to Trump um top contenders JD Vance Marco
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Rubio Tim Scott I think I've settled on bergham at this point you know he's managing to carry the water for him and
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seems not as nuts as the others I think he doesn't like Marco Rubio I think he thinks JD Vance will take attention from
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him Tim Scott looks like a Toady so so much so so it's suspect it's bergam South Dakota governor Christin n appears
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to be out of the running she indicated on Meet the Press formally P yeah no he doesn't he does that makes sense he
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doesn't have any pets that makes sense um so uh so any just make a guess and then I'll ask you a last question well I
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don't know I I think it's probably going to be Bergen but just one last thing if
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I were on the Trump team sure I would hammer over and over I just to be snarky I would go I would go 100% I'd be like
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well president har and he's like you better get used to that if he really wants to go gangster he'd say the
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following you're not voting for Joe Biden you're voting for president Harris just wrap your head around that because
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she's deeply unpopular yeah I think you're right I hate to say it but I think that would
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work really well we'll see if he comes up with it uh Meanwhile we're still waiting for the Supreme Court's decision
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on the Trump immunity case what in the world are they doing over there at the Supreme Court the next batch of opinions
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will be released on Wednesday they've got a lot to go and they've got a very short term to do it in uh the day before
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the debates we get a decision then um the immunity decision I think they're probably like wrangling over it right I
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think alito's been hurt probably with the flag situation um but uh in terms of power
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but I suspect they're trying to come I have this feeling that Amy con Barrett's just not going along with the boys at
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this point on this kind of thing but who knows um she seems to have formed relationships with the other women on
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the court which is interesting um what do you think of this not on abortion obviously but um what do you think do
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this affect it I think that's wishful thinking that she's siding with I know I know but lately she has been I don't
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know it's just interesting yeah I think she's gotten uh hanging around other people and she's so smart like let's be
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honest she Godly or not she's as Smart Sharp As a attack schol um it'll be I I don't know I just think it's she's
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probably with the uh judge Jackson who's also oh Jesus what a brain um I suspect
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that's the thing that appeals to her even religious gals who are brainy love the brainy part more than anything
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ultimately I don't know that's my wishful thinking is that they're all having like their like hanging and and
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and squatting up or something by the way you said something that struck so try and clear your mind and just first
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answer uh Biden Harris Trump Bergen or Tapper bash who would you rather be president and vice president
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seriously Dana Bash are you kidding I think Dana's fantastic I think Jake is fantastic if I'm not I'm not
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exaggerating who would you think would do a better job younger probably I I if if if and maybe I'm being sexist because
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I immediately thought of Jake Tapper as the president and Dana as number two looks like but quite frankly I think
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they're both super impressive thoughtful people who know how to Jake Cher for president if if they
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were on the ticket like that they were on the ticket yeah uh that they got my vote that those are the two I vote for
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Cuban I told those two should be on stage not asking the questions I want cubes to run he'll be in the race for
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2028 when he starts bragging about paying his taxes he's clearly positioning himself for a run and I hope
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he runs he's very articulate about all kind super smart super impressive guy yeah probably what 2028 unless Trump
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wins and ruins democracy will be really interesting on both parties it'll be really it change it'll change year uh
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and maybe we'll all be a little better who knows