Donald Trumpās debate performance was far worse than even his inner circle anticipated.
While Donald Trumpās team is publicly pushing a postdebate victory lap, many in his camp were privately disappointed in the Republican candidateās performance on Tuesday.
CNNās Kaitlan CollinsĀ reportedĀ Wednesday night that several Trump insiders were āstunnedā by his poor performance and byĀ just how easily he fellĀ for all of Kamala HarrisāsĀ attempts to provoke him.
āIām told that as soon as Donald Trump exited that debate stage, he immediately began quizzing those waiting in his viewing room about how the last 90 minutes had gone,ā said Collins. āWhile several people praised him to his face, telling him they did a great job, thatās not what a lot of them are saying privately today.
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Apparently, all that practice with members of his team, such as former Hawaii RepresentativeĀ Tulsi Gabbard, had ultimately amounted to very little when it came time to debate.
There is one exception to the āTrump hates negative pressā that Iād like to note. When Dr. Fauci was called to meet with Trump after he corrected him on live TV about drinking bleach, he found Trump in his office saying āMy god these ratings are amazing, theyāre better than cableā. Oddly enough sometimes Trump sees any news is good news so long as heās the main focus.
The times Iāve seen him really go off is when the news cycle stops paying attention to him.