In their first and possibly only presidential debate, Vice President Kamala Harris dominated and enraged former President Donald J. Trump. Jonathan Swan, who covers politics and the Trump campaign for The Times, explains how a night that could have been about Ms. Harris’s record instead became about Mr. Trump’s temperament.
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From New York Times, I'm Michael Balborough.
This is the daily today in their first and possibly only presidential debate, Kamala Harris dominated and enraged Donald Trump and made a night that could have been about her record instead into a night about his temperament.
My colleague, political correspondent Jonathan Swan, walks us through how it unfolded.
It's Wednesday, September 11.
Jonathan, good evening, Michael.
How are you?
I'm okay.
I mean, it's late.
It's very late.
It is damn near midnight, and we appreciate you being willing to stay up with us.
Always happy to be here.
So, Jonathan, this debate was described beforehand by you in the paper of record in the Times as the most important 90 minutes in american politics in generations.
So I just want to ask you why, even before it began, in your estimation, it merited that string of superlatives?