The strength of the adversary | Le Devoir

What kind of debate should we expect between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump? On the Democratic side, we suspect that the presidential candidate’s team will adequately prepare her for the many issues of American politics with the help of several simulations, while on the Republican side, the populist, who is used to doing what he wants, will probably still rely on his usual arsenal of personal attacks despite the contrary opinion of some members of his party.

Against a candidate as unusual as Donald Trump, Vice President Kamala Harris will have to avoid falling into the trap of the acrimonious and sterile debate similar to that of the last Trump-Biden confrontation. And to show herself presidential in the eyes of Americans.

Given the impossibility of debating ideas in this upcoming debate with a Donald Trump who has little regard for facts, the best approach that Harris is likely to be advised by her advisors will possibly consist of adopting a strategy somewhat similar to using the opponent’s strength to defeat him, as in certain martial arts, that is to say, letting him deliver the personal attacks while taking care to avoid them (not to get involved in his game), letting him inflict the damage on himself in public opinion through his aggressive and arrogant attitude and letting him exhaust himself in the process while staying focused on transmitting the ideas she defends…

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