'My Plan a Great Plan': Donald Trump's Key Quotes From ABC News Presidential Debate

Washington:  Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump , 78, is facing off against the Democrats' nominee and incumbent US Vice President Kamala Harris, 59, in a highly anticipated debate ahead of the November 5 elections. This is the first-ever presidential debate between Trump and Harris, and it is expected to set the tone for the upcoming elections.

Here are the top quotes from Donald Trump 's part of Debate with Vice President Harris: 

• Trump Says Harris ‘Hates Israel’

"She hates Israel. If she's president, I believe that Israel will not exist within two years from now," said Trump to which Harris responded, "That's absolutely not true. I have my entire career and life supported Israel and the Israeli people."

• Trump blames Democrats for his assassination attempt

“I probably took a bullet to the head because of the things that they say about me. They talk about democracy. ‘I’m a threat to democracy.’ They’re the threat to democracy,” Trump said.

•  ‘Democrats Support the ‘Execution’ of Babies After Birth’: Trump

Trump claimed that Democrats support the ‘execution’ of babies after birth.  

• Trump on Abortion Ban: ‘I am not signing a ban’

Trump also stated that he would not sign a national abortion ban, claiming that the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn the right to abortion appropriately returned the issue to the states. He said, “I am not signing a ban,” and further argued that most legal scholars favor leaving abortion regulation to individual states.

•  Trump's Claims on Migrants from Mental Institutions and Prisons

Trump claimed that countries are sending millions of people from mental institutions and jails to illegally migrate to the U.S. 

Throughout the debate, Trump repeatedly raised concerns about immigration, even when the topic at hand was the economy. 

He accused Harris of being a 'Marxist,' invoking her father’s academic background as a Marxist economics professor, without providing any context on it.

•  Trump on the Economy: Immigrants are Responsible for Country’s Economic Struggles

When Harris accused Trump of wanting to impose a national sales tax, Trump denied such claims. Trump also blamed immigration for the country’s economic struggles.

“Look, we've had a terrible economy, because inflation, which is really known as a country buster,” Stated Trump.

"People can't go out and buy cereal or bacon or eggs or anything else. The people of our country are absolutely dying with what they've done. They've destroyed the economy," said Trump.

• Trump on January 6 Capitol Attack: Told Demonstrators to March Peacefully

The former president said that he acknowledged protesters marching towards the Capitol before the riots on January 6, 2021, and told demonstrators to march ‘peacefully and patriotically.’