Trump still struggling to explain his poor debate performance

[LetMyPeopleVote]

Donald Trump could stop talking about his debate loss against Kamala Harris. He prefers to instead push ridiculous conspiracy theories about the event.

Link to tweet

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/maddowblog/trump-still-struggling-explain-poor-debate-performance-rcna171291

When Donald Trump lost a debate last week, he responded in a more Trumpian way. The New York Times reported on the Republican candidate’s rally in Las Vegas late last week.

Over the course of an hour and 20 minutes, Mr. Trump ranted about the moderators of Tuesday’s debate. ... And even as Mr. Trump continued to insist that he had been victorious in the debate — though some of his allies have acknowledged he had a rough outing — he accused Ms. Harris of wearing an earpiece in their matchup, a baseless claim that has proliferated on right-wing social media. And he said that Ms. Harris had obtained the questions in advance, an assertion for which there has been no proof.

This was, incidentally, a speech in which the GOP nominee was supposed to talk about the economy.....

Instead, the Republican told his followers that he’d “heard” — from whom, he did not say — that Kamala Harris received the questions in advance (she did not) and wore an earpiece that allowed her to cheat (which is utterly false).

Link to tweet

The Washington Post’s Dan Balz — who hardly has a reputation for being a bomb-throwing ideologue — explained in a notable analysis, “Former president Donald Trump has long inhabited a bizarre world of his own creation. He rewrites history — or makes it up entirely — to aggrandize himself, denigrate others and spread the basest of lies. It keeps getting worse. Since Tuesday’s debate with Vice President Kamala Harris, he’s spiraled ever deeper into conspiracy theories, falsehoods and grievances.”

Despite all of this, NBC News reported that the Republican nominee left open the possibility of another debate with Harris, saying it might happen if he were in “the right mood.” Trump said that the day after issuing a written statement that said, in no uncertain terms, “THERE WILL BE NO THIRD DEBATE!”

So, what’s likely to happen next? Watch this space.

[brewens]

1. Challenge Trump to a debate and let him have the earpiece to even things out then. LOL I'd love to see them

try that. He couldn't do it.

[birdographer]

2. Not sure he could hear the voices in his ear

over the voices in his head. He would be so confused he would short out completely. Not a long way to go to that.