I agree with that, it’s quite possibly the most awkward debate I have ever watched. Trump’s sort of pent-up energy flowing out on stage was weird and felt somehow revelatory on television, particularly for people who weren’t necessarily familiar with the candidacy, like a megaton version of Nixon’s relative discomposure in that famous Nixon-Kennedy debate (though with much less substance). I also imagined him wanting to do or say something awful, if only so many people weren’t watching.
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