First Debate Between Clinton and Trump

According to the first debate between Clinton and Trump, it is apparent that Trump spoke much more than Clinton, while a more disciplined Hillary Clinton seemed increasingly willing to cede airtime to her opponent. Sometimes, less is more. No one won in the first debate.

Debating is about how one interpreting messages, and the logical system of conveying and responding. The paradox of the debate is it is not only about views and messages, but also how you convey and state it. It is all about language. However, none of the two candidates gave enough effective messages to convey their opinions or views. Clinton was better at dominating on substance; she used many more policy-related keywords than Trump during the debate, although with less words.

Obviously as a senior politician, Clinton was really well prepared, small to an expression, a gesture, even the time to laugh and smile. She kept bringing forward her policy, sticking to the questions. However, she was so well prepared that make me feel she was repeating from her memory. Like she mentioned, everything she said could be found on her website, thus there was no surprise or potential I can see from her. Trump, on the contrary, was good at interacting, responding and interrupting, although what he did was kept repeating limit message. He had strong thesis but weak arguments to support, and always “escape” from questions. However, to be honest, I prefer to get his erratic answers which could be the most effective facts to know.