President Donald Trump dances as he walks off stage after speaking at a campaign rally at Gastonia Municipal Airport, Wednesday, October 21, in Gastonia, North Carolina. US President Donald Trump and his Democratic challenger, Joe Biden, are set to square off in their final debate Thursday, (Friday HK time) one of the last high-profile opportunities for the trailing incumbent to change the trajectory of an increasingly contentious campaign. Biden, who has stepped off the campaign trail in favor of debate prep, expects Trump to get intensely personal. The debate, moderated by NBC’s Kristen Welker, is a final chance for both men to make their case to a television audience of tens of millions of voters. “The rule is that last debates before the election have a big impact,” said presidential historian Michael Beschloss, who made clear the legacy of the candidates’ first faceoff: “That was the most out-of-control presidential debate we have seen.”-AP

Source: The Standard October 21, 2020 22:07 UTC