The first presidential debate of 2020 may very well be the last debate. Donald Trump’s strategy from the very first moment was to ignore the rules and interrupt every word spoken by Joe Biden. It became obvious to me within the first five minutes.
Moderator, Chris Wallace did nothing to enforce any kind of order. Joe Biden quickly concluded that Trump would be trying to talk over him for the entire event. Biden simply smiled, remained calm and without looking at Trump and addressed the viewers.
My conclusions are Trump was the bully we all know and Wallace should never be asked to moderate another debate. Wallace was a failure.
Dana Bash on CNN apologetically called the debate a ‘Sh*t show’ and she was correct. Others on CNN were shocked and clearly shaken. Jake Tapper wondered if there would be any more debates this year.
Indeed, why would Joe Biden participate in any additional debates when Donald Trump won’t follow the agreed upon rules? I, who loves political theater, am not interested in watching a replay of tonight’s disaster.
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