THE upcoming presidential debate is “make or break” for Donald Trump, according to a Republican commentator.
Jennifer Ewing also told The Sun’s Never Mind the Ballots the businessman-turned-politician will beat Kamala Harris if he zeroes in on two key points – inflation and the border crisis.
Trump and Harris will face off on Tuesday for their first live debate ahead of the election in November.
The Democrats were forced to change gear when incumbent POTUS Joe Biden opted not to stand for re-election halfway through the campaign and has been replaced by his Vice President.
Sun politics editor Harry Cole – who was also joined by Democratic strategist Joel Rubin – asked Ms Ewing, of Republicans Overseas, in tonight’s panel show whether September 10 is “make or break for The Donald?”
She said “yeah”, then added: “We’re excited.”
The commentator went on to say: “I think the election is going to come down to two issues, which is inflation economy and the second is the crisis we have on the southern border.”
Ms Ewing said Trump, however, must stay “on message” and remain “disciplined”.
“He can directly tie Kamala Harris to both of those issues – she was the tie-breaking vote in the so-called Inflation Reduction Act, which did anything but solve inflation.”
Referring to the southern border, Ms Ewing said: “She was the Vice President and the border has been an absolute disaster since those guys got into office. They put a line under all of Trump’s policies.”
She added that she believes Harris will ultimately regret accepting the live debate.
“You’re right, she’s not been doing a lot of interviews, and I think next week on the 10th when we have the first debate, she’s going to very much regret that because we all know practice makes perfect,” she explained.
“It’s a very different skillset to have a conversation and answer questions on live TV versus looking a teleprompter at basically what is a pep rally.”
Never Mind The Ballots has achieved 30 million views since its launch in March ahead of the UK General Election.
And YouTube show returns this week for its weekly format for our 5.7 million followers.
Biden sensationally ended his bid for re-election and endorsed Harris in July.
The former VP to President Barack Obama finally caved to mounting pressure after a disastrous June debate with Trump, followed by weeks of unrelenting questions about his cognitive decline.
It came just over a week after the attempted assassination of Trump – which bolstered the Republican nominee’s popularity and success in the polls.
