The moderator was unaware of the derailment or strategy

Moderator of the debate between Trump and Biden, in the scope of the presidential elections, confesses to having felt “desperate”.

Apparently, not even in dreams, Chris Wallace, the moderator of the first debate between US presidential candidates – the current president, Donald Trump, and Democrat Joe Biden – predicted that the event would derail in the way it did, resulting in in a disaster fueled by insults, copious interruptions and an inability to align two ideas.

Curiously, the Fox News journalist started by thinking that he was going to watch a debate. “At first, when I saw Trump addressing Biden directly, I thought, ‘Great, this is really a debate,'” he told British newspaper The Guardian.

The enthusiasm vanished at a glance, as it quickly became apparent that the president’s plan was to try to “run over” the Democrat with constant interruptions. “I didn’t realize it was going to be Trump’s strategy, not just for the start of the debate, but for the whole hour and a half.”

For more “please don’t interrupt”; “please, respect the rules” and “this is not being a service to the country” that Wallace launched, the truth is that the moderator, in view of the uselessness of his interventions, succumbed to “despair”. But the night had to go on, however painful it was. And nearly 80 million American viewers – and beyond – can confirm that, in fact, it was.

In the face of such fanfare, the committee responsible for organizing the debates announced additional measures to “maintain order” during the next meetings – the 15th and the 22nd next – among candidates for the presidential elections on 3 November.

If the wishes of a very large number of viewers are fulfilled, among the complementary tools – which will be announced shortly – there will be the possibility of the moderator being able to silence the microphone of the participants in the debate, through a “mute” button.

Now, you don’t know them

One of Trump’s most controversial interventions was one in which he asked the white supremacist group Proud Boys to, “for now, step aside and wait,” in what was understood as eventual presidential support for fascists.

According to the American website “Politico”, the attitude could cost Trump votes in the state of Florida – one of the most important in the final election accounts – as the black community misplaced that part of the president’s performance during the debate.

Yesterday, Trump stated that he does not know who the Proud Boys are, despite mentioning them and addressing them. But the president also believed that the “Spanish” flu (1918) entered the United States following World War II … v

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