Don’t worry, he can wallop all right. His choice not to last night was deliberate.
This was Trump’s first chance to address the whole country and reassure wimps, millennials and snowflakes that he is not the raging psychopath they’ve heard about. He did not play hardball, or that would have been the only takeaway: Trump the misogynist bully.
Next time will be different. Trump was a gentleman and Hillary was the vicious one. He won’t be passive again in the face of her lies and insults.
She was OK with it, but she thought other women might find it overly antagonistic. She was especially concerned about those listening on the radio.
Anyway, it looks from the polls that Trump did best among average voters, of which there are many more than there are so-called 'fact' checkers, talking heads, and other associated wanks ... er ... wonks.