Presidential Debate 1: The Wrap-Up
Well, here’s our wrap-up thread for tonight’s debate. I’m sure Donald Trump’s fans think he did tremendously well! but by any objective measure he was soundly thrashed by Hillary Clinton tonight.
Yes, he lied constantly, as everyone knew he would. He lied about supporting the Iraq War, he lied about his Birther history, he shouted and yelled and interrupted Clinton over and over. He even denied saying “global warming was created by the Chinese,” even though the tweet is still posted:
The concept of global warming was created by and for the Chinese in order to make U.S. manufacturing non-competitive.
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 6, 2012
If Trump finds an excuse to back out of the remaining debates I won’t be surprised one bit, because this was a disaster for him. Hillary came off as poised and prepared and calm, and he was unhinged and increasingly incoherent. It was a complete meltdown.