Trump, in Debate, Is Truer to Himself

Can Harris really be believed when she says that her values haven’t changed?

AP/Alex Brandon
President Trump and Vice President Harris participate during an ABC News presidential debate at the National Constitution Center, September 10, 2024, at Philadelphia. AP/Alex Brandon

The thing we kept thinking as we watched President Trump and Vice President Harris debate is that the 45th president was truer to himself. Vice President Harris tried valiantly to insist that her values haven’t changed. The claim, though, fails to jibe with the policies she now says she’ll pursue — policies she has never pursued before and it’s hard to believe, if she gets elected, she’ll prove committed to in office. Or are the flip-flops themselves her values?

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