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The Republican nominee's temperament was exactly the scenario that his advisers were reportedly worried about.

Former President Donald Trump’s volume slowly but surely ratcheted up over the first hour of the debate on Tuesday. He started off relatively calm, but as Vice President Kamala Harris needled him on his rallies, his standing in the world, and his legal troubles, he eventually blew up. 

There was no sign of him calming down as the debate hit the home stretch and, as a result, his answers began falling apart, drifting into the same disjointed, incoherent ranting that Harris invited people to watch at his rallies.

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[–] [email protected] 53 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)
  • She definitely needled him. I knew when she talked about all of the inane nonsense he talks about at his rallies and how he exhausts his own supporters so much they leave early during his 90 minute long ramblings that that would piss him off to no end, and sure enough all he could do after that was brag about his rallies and claim no one goes to her rallies. That being said, why in God's name did ABC let him get the last word on. Every. Single. Talking point? No matter who was talking first, no matter the subject, no matter how off course he was taking the topic, he'd start whining after she finished talking and they'd turn his mic back on and give him more time. If I'm not mistaken they gave him an extra rebuttal one time then tried to restrict Kamala from responding back until she insisted so much that they relented and then they STILL gave Trump another minute to give the last word again! What the hell was that? Tell the fat orange fuck "no", follow the rules and move on! If he wants to whine about her words, he can eat up time from the next question doing that. Don't give him more of platform to spout lies unchallenged. He has plenty of that already.
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

No, no, you see he did biggly at the debate even though it was rigged and 3 vs 1 against him. ABC was so unfair to Trump! /s

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Harris' team wanted open mics so he could spew his bullshit and make himself look bad, so ABC pandering to him worked in their favor. Anyone who's a cultist loves his verbal diarrhea and will support him no matter what, but there are always people on the very fringes of not wanting to vote for him that can be picked off every time he does it. They just have to be demotivated to vote Republican or at all, not convinced to vote Democrat.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 month ago

Yeah im biased but i dont see how any undecided voter hears that incoherent rambling and doesnt lean more towards kamala. Her facial expressions alone said all she needed.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago

This bothered me. He ended up with a lot more time than Harris, though strategically this might actually work in her benefit. He had more time to show how bad and unstable he is.