Some questions I’d ask at tonight’s presidential debate

Tonight is the first and so far only scheduled debate between the two major party candidates for the American presidency. I can’t watch it live, as I’ll be teaching. Hopefully I can listen to a recording as I walk, train, and drive back home.

On a lark, I came up with these questions which I’d ask if I had the opportunity. I’m not a politician nor a journalist, so my questions are a bit different from what those professionals would ask. I came up with them as a futurist and educator, reflecting my concerns in those areas. I’m not interested in playing gotcha, but honestly am curious what Trump and Harris would say in response.

I also generated these based on my experience with Vermont’s town hall meetings (actual town halls, not the awful tv simulacra), where we had freedom to directly question officials from our interests. It’s not a total set of questions aimed at fully understanding both candidates, so much as an expression of some topics I’m thinking of now.

Most of these questions aim at both candidates. I’ll list them first, then add a few for Trump and Harris individually.

For both candidates

1. It seems that the world is experiencing multiple, interconnected crises across continents and aspects of global civilization, a situation…