I don't think this debate will or was even supposed to change the minds of people who have already made up their minds.
The most important thing about this debate is that its finally forced Biden to actually fucking give some policies and not just peddle softball questions from the mainstream media propaganda department before hiding in his basement.
Now he can be attacked on these policies.
As for debate performance I really do think President Trump should remember more specific details so that he can rattle them off when Biden spouts something. Its a weakness of Biden and something that Trump could get extra points on. Otherwise Trump was being Trump the whole time, nothing he said tonight was a real surprise.
I think Chris Wallace did an okay job considering the two people he is moderating (and both are running for the job of most powerful person in the world).
I really think that Biden's camp are going to look at trying to cancel both if not one more of the debates.
President Trump started off stronger but by the end both he and Biden were about at the same level. So its not bad but from a "who won the debate" angle its more of a draw.
Like I said before the main thing this debate did was draw Biden out from cover.
Trump needed to be far more tactical with his interruptions. A few here and there would work fine, but the constant interruptions actually were counterproductive. The worst moments for Biden were generally when he was able to talk freely.
Agreed mostly. Trump can get away with interrupting more because, well, he's Trump. But he overdid it a bit I think and I suspect he may have been trying to rattle Biden.
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On the other hand perhaps President Trump is going 2 for 3 and so helping to make this debate such a shitshow could be part of a larger strategy.
Edit: Keep in mind also that if the goal is to nab undecided voters then most of those won't make that final decision count until election day or at least until after the second debate if they're mailing their vote in.
The second debate is more important and the GOP now has two weeks to hammer Biden on some actual policies.