It is interesting that those of us who admire President Trump best understand his weaknesses.
He has trouble staying on message.
I used to work on campaigns and that was a big issue with a lot of candidates—they could get easily off topic by questions or topics that distracted or detracted from our message.
It is not that we were trying to keep the candidate from being genuine—we just want them genuinely on their message—strongly and consistently without getting sidetracked.
That is always a problem with debates.
Agreed. And difficult to stay on task when the moderator is arguing with you.
Another area people get off message is in job interviews. They ramble. Few are the candidates who practice economy in their responses.