Media Bubbles

Read the full transcript of President Donald Trump's ABC News town hall, Tuesday at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia.

President Trump took questions from uncommitted voters during a town hall in Philadelphia, moderated by George Stephanopoulos. Here are the key takeaways.

ABC News fact checks what President Donald Trump said during a 90-minute town hall special Tuesday night.

The president touted what he said were wins from his first term. “Sometimes you don’t have time to be totally, as you would say, presidential. You have to get things done.”

The president said he saved “hundreds of thousands of lives” with his administration’s COVID-19 response. “I don’t think [our response has] been recognized like it should,” he said.

The president responded to a question about income inequality, unemployment rates and COVID-19 within the African American community. "There was going to be unity. But unfortunately, that was hurt."

The president said reports in which he supposedly called U.S. soldiers “suckers” were “fake.” He called the former military officials speaking out against him “disgruntled former employees.”

The president told George Stephanopoulos he "up-played" the virus.

The president said “We have to give the respect back to the police that they deserve… You have to allow the police to do their job, otherwise crime is going to soar.”

Trump said Democrats “will get rid of” coverage for preexisting conditions “if they go into Medicare For All. You can forget about your doctors and your plans.”

During an ABC town hall, President Donald Trump was asked by a Black voter how his campaign slogan "Make America Great Again" is inclusive of African Americans.

CNN's Daniel Dale fact-checks some of the claims made by President Trump in response to questions from Pennsylvania voters during ABC's town hall.

CNN's Don Lemon reacts to some moments from ABC's town hall with President Donald Trump where he was confronted by voters about a variety of issues, including the Covid-19 pandemic and healthcare.

President Donald Trump claims he "up-played" the coronavirus pandemic during an ABC town hall after telling Bob Woodward that he is intentionally downplaying the severity of the pandemic.

It was 60 years ago when tens of millions of Americans turned on the television or radio to see Sen. John F. Kennedy face off with Vice President Nixon in the nation's first televised presidential debate. The assessment was that Kennedy won by looking "tan an…

Scott Jennoings writes that Donald Trump's performance at a televised town hall in Philadelphia on Tuesday "showed he is simply better in a pugilistic debate with an opponent than he is in addressing individual voters in a 'town hall' format."

President Donald Trump got a rare grilling at an ABC News town hall in Philadelphia on Tuesday.

Frida Ghitis writes that the most obvious conclusion one can reach from Trump's ABC town hall is that Trump simply does not believe he has a superior plan to offer voters than Biden's.

A Black pastor who confronted President Donald Trump over the slogan "Make America Great Again" and what that means for the Black community at a town hall said Wednesday he "wasn't satisfied at all" with the President's response.

During a town hall on ABC Tuesday night, moderator George Stephanopoulos asked President Donald Trump why he said that he liked to "downplay" the threat posed by Covid-19 to the American public.

President Trump Tuesday told a questioner at a town hall that the coronavirus pandemic has been the most difficult part of his presidency but he believes he’s done everything he could slow the spread of the virus.

President Trump took aim at Mayor Bill de Blasio and New York City’s recent shooting surge.

President Trump on Tuesday night called his ex-Chief of Staff John Kelly and first Defense Secretary James Mattis -- both retired Marine generals -- as well as former National Security Advisor John Bolton "disgruntled former employees" over criticism the thre…

President Trump participated in a televised town hall event in Philadelphia on Tuesday, pushing back at an undecided voter who claimed he "took his foot off the gas" on coronavirus mitigation, and another questioner who said he "downplayed" the severity of th…

Jude Law is a beaming father of six.

Scientific American focused on the president's response to the novel coronavirus, but editors also emphasized that Trump's shortcomings and "refusal to look at the evidence and act accordingly [extend] beyond the virus."

Republicans are ratcheting up criticism of some Democrats -- led by presidential nominee Joe Biden and vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris -- who have cast doubt on the safety of a potential coronavirus vaccine amid a persistent push by President Trump to…

One woman said she's voting for Biden because President Trump dodged her questions during ABC News' town hall in Philadelphia on Tuesday.Ellesia Blaque is an English professor at Kutztown University and questioned...

President Trump on Tuesday said he doesn't believe he could have done anything different to stop the coronavirus pandemic from spreading across the United States as part of a town hall event where he fiercely pushed back...

President Trump on Tuesday claimed that he "up-played" the severity of the coronavirus pandemic, despite telling Bob Woodward in March that he "wanted to always play it down."The president was asked during an ABC N...

Journalist Bob Woodward on Wednesday said that  President Trump's downplaying of the coronavirus pandemic was a "monumental, catastrophic leadership failure."Woodward, in an appearance on MSNBC's...

White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany on Wednesday would not divulge details of a health care plan President Trump has been promising for months, telling a reporter she should take a job in the White House to learn...

President Trump defended his assertion that the novel coronavirus would "disappear" with or without a vaccine on Tuesday, saying the United States would develop what he called "herd mentality."

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Trump's defenders wonder why he took the risk of taking tough questions from voters.

Trump's town hall forum performance indicates he still doesn’t have good answers on the coronavirus.

The questions were tough. But the president kept responding with falsehoods. Here's a guide to 24 of them.

In Trump's town hall Tuesday night and in comments over the past week, Republicans have increasingly talked about Biden as if he's been the one in charge.

During an ABC News town hall, Trump was asked why he doesn't support a mask mandate. Well, waiters for one.

Trump's performance was embarrassingly bad.

The Democratic presidential nominee is returning to the subject of the coronavirus on Tuesday. The Republican incumbent will host a call with Jewish leaders before attending a fundraiser.

A new Post-ABC News poll shows him behind Biden with Wisconsin voters

In this edition: Delaware's primary showdown, down-ballot races to watch, and the waning of third parties as they try to get ballot access.