“Too close to the mic” shouldn’t be a problem. Trump is familiar with using mics, uses them often, and doesn’t run into such problems. The sound system should be set up to work fine from any distance from 1+ feet away to “eating the mic”; at worst, the sound guy should be able to make a quick sound booth adjustment and resolve it before Trump notices it.
As comparisons:
When wireless mics are used in high-profile gigs, the sound crew ALWAYS puts brand-new batteries in so there is NO chance of the mic dying from an old battery.
When setting up a stage, sound crews will spend HOURS minutely checking EVERY mic and speaker.
THAT is how uptight the sound crew is _supposed_ to be, making sure that the performer NEVER notices the sound system because it works perfectly every time.
SOMEBODY should have, well before the debate, “got too close to the mic” and heard the problem, and proceeded to replace the mic with one that COULD handle “too close”.
Trump’s time is worth over $8 per _second_ ... and that’s when averaged across 24/7/365. Just the time he spent noticing (not commenting!) the problem cost him more than I make in an hour (waste an hour of my time and I’ll get cheesed off too).
Wireless may not even make sense in an area prone to RF interference. If it can’t afford to go wrong, I’d want wired.
1. MERIT
2. PRODUCTIVITY
Trump's world is a MERITOCRACY, where PRODUCTIVITY is measured and expected.