![(FILES) In this file photo taken on September 25, 2020 US President Donald Trump speaks during a rally at Newport News/Williamsburg International in Newport News, Virginia. Donald Trump always fancied himself streetwise, a real tough guy, and at the first presidential debate with Joe Biden next week he'll be wearing the verbal brass knuckles.
Trump, 74, is not a leader comfortable with the soaring rhetoric of JFK or Ronald Reagan. He's not one for the nuanced elegance that fans loved -- and detractors saw as aloofness -- in the speeches of Barack Obama.
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US President Donald Trump has refused to explicitly commit to a peaceful transfer of power after the presidential elections in November. AFP
US President Donald Trump has refused to explicitly commit to a peaceful transfer of power after the presidential elections in November. AFP
Donald Trump's 3-step plan to cling to power
It starts with making voters question whether they can even trust the elections at all