Trump did not misfire at all. He kept Hillary/Holt from controlling the Narrative by ignoring the things that did not matter and instead kept hammering the issues people care about, jobs, economy, security, ability to do the job, Hilliary’s incompetence, her failure to do anything she is now talking about, and again exposing the media bias.
What was taken away were points like Democrats talk a good game during election,, but leave blacks to suffer once elected, that Hillary has had decades to do what shes saying she will do and has not even tried, that she lies, etc
Nobody outside the stupid people give a dam about Trump’s tax return, nor do they see Trump’s nationalism as trickle-down, nor that hes not going to be good on national security, etc. He did what he had to do to attract the undecided.
Trump had an audience of a hundred million watching and got his message out clear.
Among the 100 million viewers there were at least two groups, viewers like you and me who know the issues and have made our decision and nothing is going to budge us from our support for Trump. Likewise those who support Hillary are unlikely to be disabused of their error.
The second group consists of people were not really interested in politics who are unfamiliar with the issues because they simply don't care much about the issues or they would already have been informed. If they vote, they will vote on a general impression of the demeanor of the candidate they see on television during the debate. It matters not to them who is better on the issues it only matters who appears to be in command of the issues. Even more important, it matters who looks presidential, who has the gravitas, who can they see as their president.
It's the second group, the persuadable, the undecideds, the potential voters who are relatively uninformed, who will decide this election.
All Trump had to do to preserve his momentum and win the election was look presidential but instead he interrupted, he cried about unfairness, he was petulant, he smirked, and he fought with the moderator, a no-win endeavor.
Judging from the test of what must a candidate due to advance his or her chances, Hillary stands the best chance of having improved her position.
