Published 12:14 IST, September 30th 2020

US Presidential Debate 2020: Biden slams Trump for failing to act on Russian bounty report

Biden said, "He’s Putin’s puppet. He still refuses to even say anything to Putin about the bounty on the heads of American soldiers," referring to a NYT report.

Reported by: Vishal Tiwari
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US President Donald Trump and Democratic Party minee Joe Biden locked horns on September 29 for ir first of three presidential debates ahead of upcoming poll. During debate, Joe Biden attacked Trump by calling him a "puppet" of Russia and Russian President Vladimir Putin, a charge Republican leader has faced on several occasions. 

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Biden said, "He’s Putin’s puppet. He still refuses to even say anything to Putin about bounty on heads of American soldiers," referring to a New York Times report that said Russian military intelligence unit allegedly offered Taliban-linked terrorists bounties to kill American troops in Afghanistan. former vice-president also called Trump a "clown" and a "liar" as US President kept interrupting Biden while he spoke.

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In response, Trump brought up Biden’s son Hunter, whose business dealings in China and Ukraine have been focus of Republican criticism this election season. Trump mentioned a finding from a recent Senate Republican investigation saying that Mayor of Moscow City gave Hunter Biden around half a million dollars and asked his opponent to explain what was money for. 

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Debate began with SC mination

debate, which was being moderated by Chris Wallace of Fox News, kicked-off with burning issue of Supreme Court justice mination, n moving on to healthcare, particularly COVID-19 outbreak and Obamacare. Trump was thrashed by Biden over his handling of COVID-19 pandemic that spread outwards from China and highlighted how President downplayed treat when disease transmission was still in its earlier st.

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two candidates also discussed tax reforms, ongoing anti-racism protests, among or topics. During course of debate, Trump kept interrupting Joe Biden, while Wallace, who was moderator, kept urging president t to do so because it will only harm American public's capability to process information productively. 

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12:15 IST, September 30th 2020