This happened in the night’s heated debate

– It is a dark side that scares me, says commentator Christina Pletten after tonight’s duel between Joe Biden and Donald Trump. Aftenpodden USA sat up and watched, attack by attack.

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Correspondent Øystein Langberg, commentator Christina Pletten and Lars Glomnes drank countless cups of coffee on Wednesday night, and sat glued to the screen when the two presidential candidates met for a debate for the first time.

It was two hours marked by interruptions and quarrels – where personality came out more clearly than politics,

In a special edition of the election podcast Aftenpodden USA, you get a summary of the most important – and strangest thing that happened.

– It is a dark side that scares me, says commentator Christina Pletten about Donald Trump’s statements.

– Much of what Trump said in the debate indicates that he may create an unpleasant situation on election day and in the days and weeks after. He spent a lot of time and energy signaling it, says Pletten.

The president told so many untruths that several commentators in the United States will now cancel the next two debates.

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