NEW YORK: Democrat Tim Walz questioned Republican Donald Trump's fitness for office at the outset of Tuesday's (Oct 1) vice presidential debate, arguing that the former president is too unstable to be trusted at a time of crisis in the Middle East.
Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance and Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz participate in a vice presidential debate hosted by CBS News, Oct 1, 2024, in New York. NEW YORK: Democrat Tim Walz questioned Republican Donald Trump's fitness for office at the outset of Tuesday's vice presidential debate, arguing that the former president is too unstable to be trusted at a time of crisis in the Middle East.
Instead, Walz pivoted to criticising Trump for nixing the Iran nuclear deal. The 2015 deal, which then-president Trump abandoned in 2018, had capped Iran's uranium enrichment at 3.67 per cent purity and its stockpile of this material at 202.8kg - limits Tehran has since far exceeded.
Harris was widely viewed as the winner of her sole debate with Trump on Sep 10 in Philadelphia, which was watched by an estimated 67 million people. With no more debates planned, the stand-off allows Walz and Vance to make closing arguments on behalf of their campaigns - just as early voting ramps up across the country.Walz, who has sought to cultivate a homespun image as a former high school football coach, is expected to get Vance to defend his 2021 comments criticising Harris and other Democrats as"a bunch of childless cat ladies who are miserable at their own lives".
Vance will also bring up questions about Walz's military service, said Tom Behrends, a retired command sergeant major who joined a Trump campaign call about the debate.
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