lock ourselves up in a basement like joe does trump said reprising his spring and summer attacks on biden staying at his residence rather than campaigning inperson amid the pandemicbiden smirked laughed and shook his head he mocked trump for once suggesting bleach helped kill coronavirusthe two men had a lengthy backandforth about their personal finances and family business entanglementsbut on the whole voters at home got something they didnt get on september 29 a debateit marked a recognition by trump that his bombastic side was a liability with the seniors and suburban women voters who have flocked from the gop to democratstrumps indirect personal attacksaiming to alter the trajectory of the race trump returned to a tactic that he believes boosted him to the oval office four years ago staccato personal attacks on his opponenttrump repeatedly leveled unsupported allegations against biden and his son hunter in an attempt to cast his rival and his family as corrupti dont make money from china you do i dont make money from ukraine you do trump saidtrump offered no hard proof for his assertions and he has a record of making claims that dont withstand scrutinya larger question may be whether voters are moved at all especially those undecided voters whom both candidates are trying to win over especially given that more than 47 million americans have already cast ballotswhite men and racewith centuries of institutional racism coming to a head in 2020 its been a bit of disconnect to see a 74yearold white republican and a 77yearold white democrat battle for the presidency trump and biden did little to dispel that disconnectwelker offered both multiple opportunities to talk directly to black americans both men said they understood the challenges black citizens face but the segment amounted mostly to them blasting each othertrump blamed biden as an almost singular force behind mass incarceration especially of young black men trump declared himself the least racist person in this room and repeated his claim that nobody has done what ive done for black americans with the exception of abraham lincoln possible exceptionbiden incredulous called trump a racist who pours fuel on every single racist firepolls suggest many young voters of color do not support trump but arent particularly enthusiastic about biden either its unlikely their final debate altered that viewclimatetrump and biden faced off on global climate change in the first extensive discussion of the issue in a presidential debate in 20 yearsbiden sounded the alarm for the world to address a warming climate as trump took credit for pulling the us out of a major international accord to do just that trump asserted he was trying to save american jobs while taking credit for some of the cleanest air and water the nation has seen in generations some of it a holdover of regulations passed by his predecessorbiden tapping into an issue of particular importance to his base called for massive investment to create new environmentally friendly industries our health and