I think Trump will surprise some people tonight.

[underpants]

I’ve watched a couple of fairly recent interviews and he was vastly different than we normally see. If he acted this way at all in 2020 things could be a lot different, aside from the complete clustertrump failure.

With Mark Levin in September he was reserved and seemed comfortable.
On Tucker he had a virtual office visit with the same Doctor, Siegel, he did the Man Woman Person Camera TV thing. He was again, well, sort of human. He talked like it was a normal conversation. There was no bombast or name calling.

He knows what this chance means. It’s not what the cult is looking for but I think he knows that that isn’t his audience tonight.

[LizBeth]

1. He said he would do the same like in the first debate. I am not sure the word he used. Aggressive?

Angry. Lunatic.

[octoberlib]

8. Yep, aggressive. And he repelled people.

[LizBeth]

11. Yes.

[CatWoman]

2. the problem, according to your examples, is he was in his element

with friendly, brown nosing interviewers

[underpants]

10. That's true.

We’ll see. I doubt I’m going to watch.

[spooky3]

3. I don't know who would watch him other than his base and fake

“Undecideds.”

[idziak4ever1234]

4. The only problem is that he has not really taken a position on policy matters.

These questioners are going to ask specific policy questions. The "moderator" needs to keep him on the subject of the question by asking follow-ups.

[octoberlib]

5. Trump said yesterday that NBC doesn't like him so he's going to have to be aggressive.

I expect an utter shit show. He's comfortable around other right wing nutjobs, in this townhall he won't know what to expect.

[underpants]

12. Ok

We’ll see

[octoberlib]

13. You might be right but I don't think he can help himself. He might try to be nicer because

audience members will be asking the questions.

[d_r]

23. I won't

[AleksS]

6. He might try. But I think the NYPost story, and Twitter locking down his campaign account

is eating him up inside. He may START out trying to be calm and well demeanored, but the asshole will out. He'll be blathering about how everyone's out to get him, and burmimismia soon enough I bet.

Also, last I heard, he was still calling it a debate and planning to act like it was one (he is not a smart man) so does anyone want to pick an over/under on how soon before he starts bragging about how Joe didn't even want to show up to the debate?

[Thekaspervote]

7. He was very subdued in his last televised town hall, but was rude and typically unsympathetic

Non empathetic to the audience’s questions

Stupid rants,,but nothing like his rallies

[brewens]

9. I can't see him handling tough questions well. He may treat them like in his pressers. n/t

[denbot]

14. If he's in a non-altered state, you probably are right..

If he snorted a line of adderal, with a roid chaser, it’s popcorn time!

[Dirty Socialist]

15. I'm not watching that shit n/m

[live love laugh]

18. 💯 He definitely won't surprise me I won't watch. nt

[TeamPooka]

16. His CNN town hall was a disaster. People are going to ask him questions about their lives

tonight like they did on CNN.
He interrupted women while they were speaking.
His answers were all about himself, not them.
He didn't even try to pretend to answer citizen's questions.
Then there were the lies and bullshit too.
Tonight there is a woman moderator so any question from her is seen as an attack by him, even if it's "how are you feeling?"
I think that tonight, if there ever was a shot at it, a meltdown moment could occur.
There will at least be a repeat of the CNN level, if not worse.
He is incapable of changing, especially on steroids like I think he still is on.
Chance of meltdown....39%

[underpants]

20. I do remember the woman from Alabama

asking about being near eviction and he answered with “get a better job. Things will better.”

[TeamPooka]

25. He doesn't do well unless his audience are drooling sycophants and he doesn't realize ALL audiences

are not MAGA crowds.
His myopic narcissistic world view is his Achilles heel.
I'll get the highlights online later but I know what they will be already.
We've all seen this show before a few times.
People hate reruns of bad shows.

[qazplm135]

17. it's a town hall

it's not a friendly interview, it's not a moderator he can bully, it's just undecided voters asking him questions.

He just did this three weeks ago or so...it was a shit show.

[RockRaven]

19. Considering corporate media will frame expectations based on the prior debate, I expect a lot of

"more presidential" and "calm and focused" comments even if he's still acting like a cokehead to a disconcerting degree.

[tulipsandroses]

21. This is a townhall right ? He will bomb, just like he did the first one. Unless they have paid

people to be there to ask him softball questions. I would not put it past them. He is so immersed in his grievances, that he has no plans. Not that he had any in the first place. I have not heard him say anything that makes any sense that speaks to what is going on right now that speaks to the concerns of every day Americans. Nobody but your fans cares about Hunter Biden, even if you could prove whatever you claim. Nobody cares. People want to know who is going to help them get out of the mess we are in now. Clearly you have no answers when you spend the bulk of your time talking about yourself.

[Tribetime]

22. He can't change any minds now tooooo late

And tens of millions have voted already

[underpants]

27. I don't think he changes many minds

I can’t imagine anyone really is undecided at this point. NBC will claim that they have a few there.

[Tribetime]

32. 👍

[EarlG]

24. It's also possible that

as soon as someone challenges his authority by asking him a question which he perceives as criticism, he'll lose his shit. He thinks he won the first debate by berating the moderator, and he'll be on NBC, which he thinks of as the enemy to be vanquished.

I don't think he's going to start yelling at people though. He tends to default to that sort of persecuted, "I don't really care do u?" attitude when challenged in a setting where he's not comfortable. Like the infamous, "it is what it is" during the Axios interview, and the last town hall he did where he was widely perceived as having a dismissive attitude towards the questioners.

I suspect that the takeaway from tonight will be that, once again, when you give him questions from real people, he just seems weird, rude, and out of touch. No doubt at least one clanger will be dropped that people will be talking about tomorrow.

[TeamPooka]

26. I hope he uses that line he used earlier about how he's just going for the "free hour of TV"

that will offend sooooo many people if he says it there too.
Nobody likes their time wasted.
Their time is valuable.
Quite frankly is she has any moxie at all Guthrie will bring it up and make him defend it live.
That would go very bad for him.

[underpants]

29. His Hail Mary could be just being normal

As stated elsewhere here I think it’s too late to change anywhere near enough minds to have an impact. I think he is just stealing air from Joe. That’s the whole point of it. Even news coverage will be split.

[EarlG]

31. That would be something wouldn't it?

The October Surprise is that Trump can do a town hall without insulting anybody or acting like an entitled prick

[shrike3]

34. The entitled prick ship has sailed

He's in full asshole mode.

[underpants]

43. Like the wind.

[JDC]

28. It'll be a Xanax evening for him I'd guess. He usually over does it. We'll see tonight. Or some will

I will not be watching.

[shrike3]

35. I wish it were a Xanax evening.

[whttevrr]

30. I think the ratings will be more important to him

The actual performance will be the side show.

The ratings numbers are what will change minds. No one wants to be on the losing team. Republicans who want to exist going forward will reject this loser in droves.

[shrike3]

33. Just turned him on. He ain't surprising me. n/t

[underpants]

36. I thought it would start at 9

Okay. I guess the western states are a foregone conclusion anyway

[smirkymonkey]

37. Who gives tha shit what he has to say?

He is a master manipulator. If he is winning anyone over, they are idiots. Anybody who falls for the "New and improved Trump" is a complete sucker. He is ALWAYS going to be the same asshole that he has been his entire life. That will never change.

Never fall for his bullshit. He is a fucking idiot, but if there is one thing he is good at it is manipulating crowds.

[2naSalit]

38. He might be able to be nice for the first two minutes...

After that, he won't be able to stop himself from raging on about today's slights. It can only get worse from there.

[brooklynite]

39. Trump just complemented QANON..

Would you like to revise and extend your remarks?

[underpants]

40. Perhaps I should.

This is why I don’t gamble.

[BannonsLiver]

41. Yeah. that's not happening so far.

[underpants]

42. 😆

Thanks.

[Stand and Fight]

44. Boy. I hope you're enjoying your crow.

Trump behaved exactly as he always has. Like an ass clown and imbecile. Why in the world would you think it’d be different? This surprises me coming from you, but it does illustrate that when it comes to Trump, people have a tremendous capacity to fool themselves. It’s strange. And I don’t mean the sound mean, but I’m disappointed in you. Then again, everybody gets one wrong occasionally. No harm. No foul.

[underpants]

48. Well, I don't think he was expecting that

not from her and not on short notice. I was wrong. No doubt.

He may have had other plans but Savannah Guthrie dragged him across the stage for 20 minutes and he was done after that.

[Stand and Fight]

49. From the parts I've seen, it was beautiful to behold.

I watched Joe Biden instead, but I’m glad that fool was further exposed. He’s a cretin. This highlighted that fact further.

[Awsi Dooger]

52. Situational influence is everything

There's no question the moderator caused this debate to evolve as it did. Kudos to Savannah Guthrie. Otherwise you would have been exactly correct, if let's say someone like Susan Page had moderated with a string of policy questions and not challenging on QAnon, etc.

[Demonaut]

45. I was surprised how much it was "unsurprising"

[Ohio Joe]

46. Well...

This post did not age well

[underpants]

47. No

No it did not



I’ll take it.

[GulfCoast66]

50. You Sir, or Madam, not sure which...

Are a good sport with a humble soul.

I too was a little worried. But tonight proved you can’t fix stupid. trump would have been better off watching Biden from the White House tweeting.

His Qnon answer is going to stick.

[underpants]

53. Eh

I was wrong.

[cwydro]

54. You're one of VERY few I've seen do that.

Good on ya!

[Cha]

51. Thank you.. didn't take long, either.. ".. see

a different trump tonight.." Really?

Gave Putin's Puppet Too Much credit.