Harris and Trump make final preparations ahead of crucial presidential debate in Philadelphia

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

63% : While Trump was ready to agree, his entourage - determined to keep him focused and on-message - insisted on keeping the original rules.
33% : Six key moments offer insightInstead the unprecedented impact of June's debate in Atlanta between the pair - in which Biden's halting and incoherent performance led to him withdrawing his candidacy after mounting pressure from his own Democratic party - has left Trump confronting an opponent against whom he has still to decide a settled line of attack.
32% : Harris and Trump make final preparations ahead of crucial presidential debate in PhiladelphiaRobert Tait in Washington10 September 2024 at 9:00 amIt was the debate that was never meant to happen.
31% : In an eve-of-debate call with journalists on Monday, Jason Miller, a Trump adviser, said that it would be Harris who would have difficulty preparing for Trump.
24% : Harris, for her part, goes into the event having been prepared by aides who have aped Trump's often vicious and insulting debating technique - especially towards women - and bolstered by her experience from a previous career as a courtroom prosecutor.
22% : "The fact that Trump is out there every day doing unscripted questions [means] you can't prepare for him," he said, comparing it with training to prepare to fight Muhammed Ali.

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