Meltdown over Trump’s misheard answer during Presidential debate with Biden

Twitter went into meltdown over Donald Trump’s apparent response during the US Presidential debate. But there was one problem.

Twitter loves a controversial moment and users found it during today’s final US presidential debate.

Viewers sent the social media site into meltdown, flooding it with their own online debate on what President Donald Trump said in one particular exchange.

Mr Trump and his opponent Joe Biden were engaging in a heated segment on the issue of immigration, particularly around the since discontinued Trump administration policy of separating the children of undocumented immigrants from their parents at the border.

There was a long back-and-forth before Mr Trump pointed out that children were put in detention centres under the Obama administration as well.

Mr Trump then claimed the children currently in those detention centres were being treated well.

“Kristin (the debate moderator), I will say this. They went down, with reporters and everything, and they are so well taken care of,” he said.

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Debate raged over whether US President Donald Trump said ‘good’ or ‘go ahead’ during a heated exchange on immigration. Picture: Morry Gash/AFP

He then told Mr Biden no one had to worry about it anymore, with the policy being terminated.

“You have 525 kids not knowing where in God’s name they’re going to be and lost their parents,” Mr Biden responded.

It was here that Mr Trump clearly said, “Go ahead” to the moderator but many people thought they heard, “Good”, prompting shocked reactions on Twitter and everyone weighing in on what they thought was said.

“Look at the close caption according to the close caption he said good? It is hard to tell however if he said good or go ahead,” one viewer said.

“I heard him say good instead of what the cc said which was go ahead...I’m pretty sure he said good because both my wife and I heard that,” another responded.

Someone else chimed in, “Me and my daughter heard the same. I re-winded and I could hear the case for go head but it’s a stretch.”

One woman said there was enough controversial Trump moments to talk about and that he clearly said “go ahead”.

“We don’t need to make (moments) up or spread disinformation,” she said.

Biden: “You have 525 kids in this country who can’t find their parents.”

Trump: “Good.”

— Joe Walsh (@WalshFreedom) October 23, 2020

Yeah I didn’t know if he said “good”, or was telling the moderator “go ahead”

— Makayla Barnette (@KayKay__247) October 23, 2020

If you heard trump say "GOOD" about the kids being separated from their parents, and you STILL plan to vote for him, you're inhuman.

— BrooklynDad_Defiant! (@mmpadellan) October 23, 2020

Whether he said “good” or “go ahead”.................. he demonstrates zero empathy or concern about the children separated from their parents. Really does not change the core of the matter.

— Emma Lane (@EmmaleeClare) October 23, 2020

Not hearing anyone address the President saying that parents who came with children were “low l.Q” and then when Kristen Welker said that children were still separated the President said “good.” And no one responded. And commentators aren’t talking about it either.

— Sherrilyn Ifill (@Sifill_LDF) October 23, 2020

So glad we're debating whether he said "good" or "go ahead" (seems to be the latter, fwiw) rather than screaming from the rooftops that THERE ARE 545 SMALL KIDS SEPARATED INDEFINITELY FROM THEIR PARENTS

— Rob Weinert-Kendt (@RobKendt) October 23, 2020

Go ahead or good. You be the judge. #debates https://t.co/0mBizVFp92

— lauren bishop bove (@laurenbove) October 23, 2020

The debate – the biggest remaining campaign event before election day in less than two weeks – was far more coherent than the pair’s previous meeting, but no less dramatic.

Both men had strong and weak moments, but Mr Trump felt he scored a particularly effective point the closing moments, as he pressured Mr Biden into saying he would “transition away” from the oil industry and towards renewable energy.

Earlier, the President got hammered on his response to the coronavirus pandemic and his immigration policies.