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Trump plans to address Joe Biden as “the big guy” in effort to dramatize Hunter Biden emails

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Trump and Biden at the first debate. Morry Gash-Pool/Getty ImageWatch for President Trump to address Joe Biden as “the big guy” or “the chairman” at tonight's debate as a way of dramatizing the Hunter Biden emails. Hunter's former business partner Tony Bobulinski is expected to be a .The big picture: Trump's advisers universally view the first debate as a catastrophe — evidenced by a sharp plunge in Trump’s public and (more convincingly for them) private polling immediately following the debate.Former VP Joe Biden's team wants to keep up the pressure on Trump's handling of the coronavirus pandemic.Between the lines: A producer from the Commission on Presidential Debates will have the ability to mute microphones during the opening parts of each of tonight's six segments.One Trump adviser said he pushed the president to hammer Biden repeatedly on the economy — how he’ll raise your taxes, increase regulations and go to war against fracking. The big question: How much can this debate actually change the dynamics of the race?The debate starts at 9 p.m. EST on NBC, moderated by Kristen Welker.A producer from the Commission on Presidential Debates will manage the operation of the candidates' microphones during Thursday's final presidential debate — not the event's moderator, NBC's Kristen Welker — a source with knowledge of the event told Axios.Our thought bubble, via Axios' Alexi McCammond: Given President Trump's accusations of partisanship against the other debates' moderators, it makes sense that Welker would want to steer clear of any such optics during her stint in the chair.Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden had $177.3 million in the bank at the end of September, per the latest filings.Why it matters: President Trump's having $63.1 million in the bank at the end of last month, as campaigning enters the final stretch ahead of Election Day on Nov. 3.91% of likely voters nationally say they are "extremely motivated to vote," including 92% in battleground states Arizona, Florida, Michigan, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, according to a .Why it matters: The 2020 election could see record-breaking levels of voter turnout. Voters last week cast ballots at nearly five times the rate they did at this point in the 2016 election, per the . Over 39 million ballots have been cast in early voting states as of Wednesday.

Trump and Biden at the first debate. Morry Gash-Pool/Getty ImageWatch for President Trump to address Joe Biden as “the big guy” or “the chairman” at tonight's debate as a way of dramatizing the Hunter Biden emails. Hunter's former business partner Tony Bobulinski is expected to be a .The big picture: Trump's advisers universally view the first debate as a catastrophe — evidenced by a sharp plunge in Trump’s public and (more convincingly for them) private polling immediately following the debate.Former VP Joe Biden's team wants to keep up the pressure on Trump's handling of the coronavirus...

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Jonathan Swan is a political reporter at Axios covering both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue.

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