President Donald Trump on reopening economy: Joe Biden would close down the whole country

President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden face off in the first presidential debate Tuesday night, hosted by Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. For access to live and exclusive video from CNBC subscribe to CNBC PRO: https://cnb.cx/2NGeIvi

Both candidates took turns trumpeting their qualifications to navigate the U.S. economy through the coronavirus pandemic.

Trump highlighted his business-friendly tax cuts and stock market gains while Biden noted significant job creation while he was vice president in the Obama administration.

Trump said: “When the stock market goes up, that means jobs. It also means 401(k)s.”

Trump at Biden: “If you got in ... if you ever became president with your ideas — you want to terminate my taxes [tax cuts], I’ll tell you what. You’ll lose half of the companies that have poured in here. ... They’ll leave.”

Said Biden: “We were able to have an economic recovery that created the jobs you’re talking about. We handed him a booming economy. He blew it.”

He continued: “Even before Covid, manufacturing went in the hole. Manufacturing went in the hole.”

“I’m the guy that brought back the automobile industry. I was asked to bring back Chrysler and General Motors. We brought them back right here in the state of Ohio and Michigan. He blew it.”

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