- Title: Mexico City denizens take in last Trump-Clinton debate
- Date: 20th October 2016
- Summary: MEXICO CITY, MEXICO (OCTOBER 19, 2016) (REUTERS) EXTERIOR OF BAR WHERE U.S. EXPATS AND MEXICANS WATCHED THIRD U.S. PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE SCREEN FEATURING DONALD TRUMP, U.S. PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE VARIOUS OF DEBATE WATCHERS SEATED AT TABLES DEBATE WATCHERS WEARING HILLARY CLINTON CLOTHING GENERAL OF BAR DURING DEBATE (SOUNDBITE) (English) U.S. CITIZEN LIVING IN MEXICO, ARJUN TYAGI ARJUNTYA, SAYING: "This debate was very consistent with the first debate and the second debate, for me there was no new information, there was nothing that changed. People who like Trump will still like Trump, people who like Clinton will still like Clinton, there are some people who have not made up their opinion, I don't think there´s anything new in this debate which I learned I think, at least, it was very, very consistent with what they said in the past." VARIOUS MORE OF PEOPLE WATCHING DEBATE (SOUNDBITE) (English) U.S. CITIZEN LIVING IN MEXICO, VERONICA REYES, SAYING: "Of course I think that Hillary was much more prepared in terms of her actual answers and I think that Trump just kind of tried to turn everything back to the soundbites that he knows are going to get a lot of attention, which are ISIS and immigration and how corrupt Hillary is. So he didn't say anything new whereas I found that Hillary really tried to expand on different topics and give the public a better idea as to what her actual stances were in different topics that are important to the Americans." VARIOUS MORE OF DEBATE WATCHERS WEARING HILLARY CLINTON PARAPHERNALIA (SOUNDBITE) (Spanish) MEXICAN CITIZEN, DIEGO GONZALEZ, SAYING: "Being Mexican businessmen, we are interested by the dollar. These days, we live by the dollar, seeing if it goes up or down, so firstly, we are interested by the macro-economics, as we are right next to the United States and we have to know what is going to happen, and secondly, on the human side, well we also want to know what is going to happen with so many migrants who go make their way there." CHECK-IN DESK AT DEBATE PARTY BUTTON THAT READS, "DEMOCRATS ABROAD, MEXICO CITY" VARIOUS MORE OF PEOPLE WATCHING DEBATE
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- Keywords: debate Donald Trump Hillary Clinton Las Vegas Democrats
- Location: MEXICO CITY, MEXICO
- City: MEXICO CITY, MEXICO
- Country: Mexico
- Topics: Government/Politics,Elections/Voting
- Reuters ID: LVA00154T9AVB
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- Story Text: U.S. expats living in Mexico City were joined by city's natives Wednesday (October 19) evening at a bar to watch the final debate between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, the Republican and the Democratic party nominees for the 2016 U.S. presidential election. The event was hosted by the Democrats Abroad.
The real estate mogul's accusations that Mexico sends rapists and drug runners to the United States, and his threats to build a border wall and tear up trade deals, have shone a spotlight on Mexico during the campaign.
Notably, Trump on Wednesday would not commit to accepting the outcome of the Nov. 8 U.S. presidential election if he loses, challenging a cornerstone of American democracy and sending shockwaves across the political spectrum.
Trump's refusal, which his Democratic rival Hillary Clinton called "horrifying," was the standout remark of their third and final debate and ratcheted up claims he has made for weeks that the election was rigged against him.
Asked by moderator Chris Wallace whether Trump would not commit to a peaceful transition of power, the businessman-turned-politician replied: "What I'm saying is that I will tell you at the time. I'll keep you in suspense. Ok?"
Trump's statement may appeal to his anti-establishment followers, but it was unlikely to reverse opinion polls that show him losing, including in key states that will decide the election.
"This debate was very consistent with the first debate and the second debate, for me there was no new information, there was nothing that changed. People who like Trump will still like Trump, people who like Clinton will still like Clinton, there are some people who have not made up their opinion, I don't think there´s anything new in this debate which I learned I think, at least, it was very, very consistent with what they said in the past," said Arjun Tyagi Arjuntya, a U.S. citizen living in Mexico.
A CNN/ORC snap poll said 52 percent thought Clinton, the former U.S. secretary of state, won the debate while 39 percent said Trump, a former reality TV star making his first run at public office, was the victor.
In financial markets Mexico's peso currency, seen as a measure of Trump's prospects, rose to its highest level in six weeks at the end of the debate, suggesting growing investor confidence of a Clinton victory. Trump has vowed to build a wall on the border with Mexico to keep out illegal immigrants and has said he would make Mexico pay for it.
Mexicans in attendance were mindful of the economic fallout.
"Being Mexican businessmen, we are interested by the dollar. These days, we live by the dollar, seeing if it goes up or down, so firstly, we are interested by the macro-economics, as we are right next to the United States and we have to know what is going to happen, and secondly, on the human side, well we also want to know what is going to happen with so many migrants who go make their way there," said Mexican businessman, Diego Gonzalez.
In a debate that for the first time focused more on policy than character, the two candidates nonetheless lashed out at each other.
Trump, 70, called Clinton "such a nasty woman," accused her campaign of orchestrating a series of accusations by women who said the businessman made unwanted sexual advances and said that both she and President Barack Obama, her fellow Democrat, were behind disturbances at his rallies.
He said the Clinton Foundation was a criminal enterprise and as a result she should not have been allowed to seek the presidency.
Clinton, 68, said Trump himself had incited violence, belittled women and posed a danger to the United States. She said Trump had in the past also complained that his TV show was unjustly denied a U.S. television Emmy award.
The two candidates are scheduled to meet again later on Thursday night at a charity dinner in New York. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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