Washington: In the US presidential debate, there was a heated debate between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris on various issues including Russia-Ukraine conflict, Israel-Hamas war, abortion, economy, immigration. Before the US presidential election to be held on November 5, Democratic candidate Kamala and Republican Trump were face to face in a debate for the first time. The debate between the two started with a handshake which later turned bitter.

The US media gave Democratic candidate Kamala Harris an edge in a heated debate with her Republican rival Donald Trump. Harris was clearly confident and focused in the debate. After the debate, American pop singer Taylor Swift said that she has decided that she will vote in favour of Kamala Harris.

The two candidates fiercely targeted each other in the presidential debate hosted by the American Broadcasting Company ABC News in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on Tuesday night. During this, crores of Americans watched the debate on television.

Kamala Harris put her rival Trump on the defensive with her aggressive arguments by raising issues of his fitness for office, his support for abortion ban, his opposition to democracy and the criminal cases pending against him.

When Trump started targeting President Joe Biden in the debate, Kamala got angry. She said, I am the presidential candidate, compete with me. Kamala Harris said that I believe in the ambitions, aspirations and dreams of Americans. That is why we have a plan to take the economy forward.

Trump said that our economy is very bad, the reason for this is inflation. During the debate, Kamala Harris strongly defended abortion rights. At the same time, Trump did not directly answer questions about his intentions to further restrict abortion.

Donald Trump said that Harris hates Israel, if she is elected president then the Jewish state will be finished within two years. Not only this, she also hates Arab people. He said that if I were the president then the war between Israel and Hamas would not have started.

Responding to this, Harris said that Trump's claim that I hate Israel is absolutely untrue. I have been a long-time supporter of the Jewish state. She said, Israel has the right to defend itself, but there should be a thought on how to do this. She said that certainly innocent Palestinians are being killed in Gaza. She said that she has been advocating a two-nation solution.

Both rivals clashed over Russia-Ukraine conflict

Regarding the Russia-Ukraine conflict, Trump said that I want this war to end. He also said that if I were the President, there would be no war. He vowed that if he is elected President, he will end the Russia-Ukraine war.

When David Muir of ABC News, who was hosting the program, asked him if he wanted America's ally Ukraine to win the war, Trump did not give a direct answer and said that he wanted the war to end, it was in the interest of the American people.

At the same time, Harris took a dig at Trump's friendship with Russian President Vladimir Putin and said that if Trump were the President, Putin would have been in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv. Putin belongs to no one, he will eat you up. On Wednesday, the Kremlin said that Trump and Harris should not drag President Putin into the election battle.

Trump said that he does not care what race Kamala Harris is. Kamala's mother was born in India and her father in Jamaica, she calls both of them black Indian-Americans. I have read that Kamala is not black.

Harris said that I think it is a tragedy that someone wants to become president and wants to divide the people of America. She said that I oppose the attempt to divide the country on the basis of race.

Harris called Trump a threat to democracy

Kamala Harris described Trump as a threat to democracy and said that we have seen a sample of this in the 2020 presidential election. How he rejected Joe Biden's victory in the election.

At the same time, Trump targeted immigrants. During the debate, he also spread false rumors that immigrants from Haiti are kidnapping pets and eating them.

Trump's company's shares fell after the debate

The impact of the debate was seen on Republican candidate Trump's company, which is owned by Truth Social. Its shares fell by 15 percent on Wednesday. Trump has a stake of more than 50 percent in this.