Exactly!!! I was furious with him in the first debate when he held back. So many here said he “looked Presidential” by behaving that way. Absolute BS!! That is why he lost that first debate. Politics is a dirty business. McCain and Romney acted nice and “looked Presidential”. How did that work for us?
Last night was the Trump I wanted to see and he delivered a solid crushing blow. Now keep it up and Trump should win big on Election Day.
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Exactly. Trump needs to trust his own instincts above ANY advice given to him that is in conflict with it if he wants to win this election. He didn’t get where he is by being led around with a ring in his nose.
True, with one minor caveat: one of the media lies about Trump is that he doesn’t have the “gravitas” to be President of the United States - that he’s a wild lunatic - etc. etc.
So in Debate #1, one thing he needed to show was a calm demeanor - to give the lie to that canard. He did that very well.
But perhaps too well for our FR taste.
I don’t think we have that complain this time around!
I sort of agreed with you regarding the first debate but now after the second debate its clear his more “relaxed” demeanor in the 1st debate was a strategy. Remember these “TV debates” are theater. It’s the “emotion packed drama” that persuades the “low infos”. Scott Adams is certainly right about what motivates the “undecided low info” its emotion.