“Playing” Donald Trump with the Democratic candidates of 2016. Philippe Reines once again tied a red tie around his neck to prepare Kamala Harris for the first major debate of this US presidential campaign against Donald Trump.
in a few hours Kamala Harris and Donald Trump will face off for the first time this campaign in a major televised debate. On the Democratic side, no room for the unexpected, the campaign team of the candidate Kamala Harris mandated a man, Philippe Reines, to wear the suit of the Republican opponent, Donald Trump. Kamala Harris trained against him for this political meeting.
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France Inter remember that this man has already played Donald Trump. Already in 2016, the political adviser slipped into the shoes of the Republican billionaire to get Hillary Clinton to debate with him. “Someone said to me that you've been preparing for this role all your life and you didn't know it,” he told US television channel Comedy Central in 2017. “I can be harsh, mean, caustic… The purpose of was for Hillary Clinton to get used to this idiot who makes a lot of noise and nonsense. – So during the 2016 campaign, people are asking “who's the biggest badass available?” are you too? – I am!”, he had fun explaining.
In addition to the former president's lines and jokes, which Philippe Reines had to work on, France Inter reveals that the undergrad uses knee braces to keep his legs straight and thus have a “Trump-like posture.” The latter has also trained himself not to look at his opponent when throwing his kill phrases. A cross taped to the wall helped him not look at Hillary Clinton in 2016. For this, Philippe Reines watched hours and hours of speeches and other debates of the Republican candidate, with and sometimes without sound, to catch the smallest of expressions his facial. . Objectively, to get Kamala Harris used to the verbal battle that awaits her against Donald Trump.