October 12, 2016

"Hillary Clinton, the Democratic candidate in this year's presidential election in the United States and her Republican counterpart Donald Trump conducted their second television debate on Sunday that saw a new round of acrimonious and personal exchanges. Beijing News commented on Tuesday:

Following the disastrous two weeks that could derail his campaign for the US presidency, Trump regained some of his footing in the debate, but not enough to claim final victory. When questioned about his refusal to release his tax returns and his description of a former Latina beauty queen as 'Miss Piggy', he should have offered sincere apologies and explained what he had done to rectify those mistakes.

Instead, Trump sought to make light of his tax problems and went on to challenge the operations of the Clinton Foundation. He did apologize for disrespecting women in a 2005 video. But he also defended his lewd comments as 'locker room talk', denied assaulting any women, and accused his rival's husband, former president Bill Clinton, of physically abusing women."

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