the debate has finally begun held at the national Constitution Center in Philadelphia the debate had Trump and Harris sparring over the economy immigration and abortion Harris claimed Trump's economic policies would drive inflation and could lead to a recession ABC News found her inflation claim mostly true but the recession part not so much Trump fired back falsely stating that our current inflation is the worst ever he also claimed he killed the nordstream 2 Pipeline and exaggerated unemployment stats from his tenure neither of those statements held water on immigration Trump recycled the baseless claim that Haitian migrants were eating pets in Ohio and falsely asserted he ordered 10,000 National Guard troops for January 6th and when it came to abortion Harris warned Trump would sign a national ban ABC found that false too Trump said he'd leave it to the States this debate highlighted the Stark divide and high stakes of the 2024 election subscribe and stay tuned for more fact checks and updates right here