He was so thrown off. Debate summary:
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Kamala: This is a man easily led around by his ego by people like Putin and Kim Jong Un.
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Trump: But immigrants. Democrats kill babies after they’re born.
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Moderator: Sir, in none of the 50 states are they killing babies after they are born.
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Trump: But immigrants. Kamala isn’t about law and order.
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Kamala: I’ve locked people up. I’ll lock you up.
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Trump: But immigrants. Kamala wants to take away your guns.
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Kamala: I own a gun.
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Moderator: Question Kamala doesn’t want to or can’t answer.
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Kamala: Let me invite you to one of Trumps rallies. Where the crowd sizes are small and people start to leave out of boredom.
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Trump: Takes bait, thus proving Kamala’s opening remark.
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Also Trump: But immigrants. They’re eating the cats and dogs.
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Moderator: Sir, spoiler alert, they’re not eating the cats and dogs. Per the mayor or Springfield, there are no reports of missing animals.
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Trump, looking every one of his 78 years: But immigrants. They’re eating the cats and dogs. I saw it on the television.
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Kamala: … 🙄😮😧🙄😃😄🙄…
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Moderator: Sir, they’re not eating the cats and dogs.
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Trump, after debate: I clearly won. The only reason they want another debate is because they lost, that’s what losers do, ask for a rematch.
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Also, there’s a school of thought out there that Trump has a little crush on Kamala. Creepy, but credible. They’re citing a prior 9/11 memorial get together where you see him on camera more or less asking for an introduction to her. If it’s true, she knows. She’s been gorgeous her whole life, has navigated that garbage for ~45yrs now. She knows. If it’s there she knows. And she stepped into his personal bubble to shake hands at the very start. He was a little startled. If he is indeed crushing, that would set a guy like Trump back on his heels even more so than the usual. He doesn’t even have a shitty little nickname for her, why? Paints the crowd size/bored dig in a new light as well.
That and she had moderate conservative answers for everything. He didn’t know how to debate that.