That kind of honesty will get you in trouble...
It was very important that he was the only adult in this room and took command of it rather than trade insults. Let Biden look like the jerk for his insults against a cool, witty, and collected Trump.
The more I think about it, it was a “Kobiyashi Maru” for Trump.
So the best he could do was to drag Biden into the mud with him, and shed that veneer that Joe was a ‘decent guy’. Everybody knows what Trump is by now, they just thought Joe was different, they learned he really isn’t.
Cool and collected isn’t what won 2016. Being overly nasty tonight isn’t either. He’s gotta find a balance. He should’ve been more prepared on covid, but he really can’t say that much more than he did. He won on most topics though, but that interrupting manner didn’t work that well overall.
I think he won, and so far most of the online polls are agreeing. But not by very much, this should’ve been a knock-out.