{"id":13784,"date":"2016-10-20T10:45:06","date_gmt":"2016-10-20T10:45:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/?p=13784"},"modified":"2016-10-20T10:45:06","modified_gmt":"2016-10-20T10:45:06","slug":"how-donald-trump-undermined-democratic-tradition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biphoo.com\/bipnews\/elections\/how-donald-trump-undermined-democratic-tradition.html","title":{"rendered":"How Donald Trump Undermined Democratic Tradition"},"content":{"rendered":"

How Donald Trump Undermined Democratic Tradition<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n

How Donald Trump Undermined Democratic Tradition:-<\/strong> In a striking breach of decorum that upended more than two centuries of American democratic tradition, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump refused to commit Wednesday to accept the outcome of the Nov. 8 general election.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI will tell you at the time,\u201d Trump said midway through the third and final presidential debate with Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton. \u201cI\u2019ll keep you in suspense.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The moment underscored the potential chaos looming at the end of a long and often ugly election. Lagging Clinton badly with 19 days to go, Trump has repeatedly argued that the race is being rigged by her opponent, special interest groups and the media. To the chagrin of aides and Republican allies alike, his unwillingness to respect the integrity of the electoral process has challenged one of the central pillars of American democracy.<\/span><\/p>\n

In an election in which substance has taken a back seat, Trump was done in by character. The billionaire showman \u2014 who has argued his opponent shouldn\u2019t be allowed to run because of her private email server, that the election would be stolen, and that he\u2019d imprison his rival if elected \u2014 delved deeper into the realm of conspiracy at precisely the moment he needed to appear more presidential.<\/span><\/p>\n

Trump took the stage as a candidate on the ropes, needing to dramatically alter the course of his floundering campaign amid plunging polls and waves of allegations from women who accuse him of unwanted sexual behavior. And while he tried to heed the campaign advisers who urged him to project a more sober temperament for the first 30 minutes, the rambunctious candidate couldn\u2019t hold it together for the duration of the show at the University of Nevada\u2013Las Vegas\u2019 Thomas and Mack Center.<\/span><\/p>\n

Once again, Trump wilted under Clinton\u2019s needling. In the second half of the debate, he fell back on the interruptions that marred his earlier performances (\u201cWrong!\u201d he interjected, over and over), denied that he has attacked the physical appearance of his accusers and hurled a personal, gendered invective at the former Secretary of State. \u201cSuch a nasty woman,\u201d Trump blurted out with minutes remaining in the debate.<\/span><\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Clinton was deftly wielding pithy punch lines. \u201cWhen you are whining before the game isn\u2019t even finished,\u201d she told Trump, \u201cit just shows you\u2019re not up to doing the job.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

In the spin room after the debate, Trump aides and advisers \u2014 who had long cautioned Trump against his rhetoric questioning the conduct of the election \u2014 played cleanup. Trump, they told reporters, would absolutely accept the outcome of the race. But their assurances flew in the face of the candidate\u2019s own words on stage. The mixed message evoked the old Groucho Marx quote: \u201cWho are you going to believe, me or your own eyes?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The exchange about faith in the integrity of the electoral process was also a turning point in the debate for Trump. Until then, he had flashed rare discipline as Clinton baited him, demonstrating a greater command of the issues than he had previously, and effectively making his case as a change candidate.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe problem is you talk, but you don\u2019t get anything done, Hillary,\u201d Trump said, delivering a line his advisers couldn\u2019t have scripted better.<\/span><\/p>\n

Like the previous two, the debate did little to alter the course of the race, but revealed more about the two disliked and distrusted nominees. Moderator Chris Wallace brought probing and questions about his treatment of women and her private speeches. While seemingly more poised, Trump\u2019s answers on foreign policy questions continued to betray his unfamiliarity with issues of national security and foreign affairs, as when he stumbled over whether the Syrian city of Aleppo has fallen. Clinton\u2019s reflexive defensiveness at questions about her shifting positions on trade and globalization provided more fodder to her opponents.<\/span><\/p>\n

Clinton, as she had in all three debates, came armed to the gills with opposition research on her opponent: the portrait of himself Trump bought with funds from his charity, his claims that the Emmys were \u201crigged\u201d against him, and his use of Chinese steel in his skyscrapers. It was the latest incarnation of her established strategy to provoke her temperamental rival.<\/span><\/p>\n

Midway through the debate, she struck pay dirt, as Trump couldn\u2019t resist the opportunity to defend Russian President Vladimir Putin from accusations that his government has hacked Democratic accounts in an effort to undermine faith in the U.S. election system. \u201cOur country has no idea [who is behind the hack],\u201d Trump said, despite it being the unanimous view of U.S. intelligence that Russia was behind it.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cPutin, from everything I see, has no respect for this person,\u201d Trump continued of his rival. \u201cWell, that\u2019s because he\u2019d rather have a puppet as president of the United States,\u201d Clinton responded in one of her most effective attacks of the night.<\/span><\/p>\n

But it was the final two minutes of the final debate that encapsulated their opposing strategies for the waning days of this race. Asked to make their closing arguments to the American people, the nominees presented diametrically opposed visions of the race, the country, and the presidency.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI would like to say to everyone watching tonight that I\u2019m reaching out to all Americans \u2014 Democrats, Republicans and independents \u2014 because we need everybody to help make our country what it should be, to grow the economy, to make it fairer, to make it work for everyone,\u201d Clinton said, delivered an uplifting appeal welcoming all Americans to her campaign.<\/span><\/p>\n

As he has all year, Trump painted a dire picture of the country and his opponent. \u201cAll she\u2019s done is talk to the African Americans and to the Latinos, but they get the vote, and then they come back, they say, We\u2019ll see you in four years,\u201d Trump said.<\/span><\/p>\n

Left unanswered was how either President-elect will seek to bridge the national gap in three weeks if they win. The two candidates couldn\u2019t even overcome their own gap, declining to shake hands before or after the debate.<\/span><\/p>\n

Source:-\u00a0http:\/\/time.com\/4538015\/presidential-debate-donald-trump-election\/<\/span><\/p>\n

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