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My honest opinion is that Trump underperformed and she overperformed,
said donor Bill Bean, a commercial real estate investor in Fort Wayne, Indiana Whoever did debate prep for Donald Trump should be fired. He was not good tonight at all,
Christie, who helped Trump with debate prep in the 2016 election cycle, said on ABC News I think it was one of my better debates, maybe my best debate,
Trump told the "Fox & Friends" program on Wednesday, I'd like to see one."
On the prospect of a second debate, Bean said When you win the debate, I don’t know that I want to do another debate,
the former president told Fox News on Wednesday morning But the most important indication here is that Harris failed to explain why she hasn’t already done the things she claims she cares about. A failed record of nearly 4 years is on view, and she failed to lie her way out of owning it,
Why would I do a Rematch?”
He claimed victory on Truth Social, saying We accepted Fox, they rejected it. We accepted ABC, they waffled on the rules and finally agreed. We accepted Sept. 25 NBC and they rejected,
Trump senior advisor Brian Hughes said in a statement to NBC News on Wednesday She’s like a hologram. Getting substance from her is like trying to nail jello to a wall,
He missed opportunity after opportunity after opportunity to eviscerate her,
Following the debate, we'll toss it to our post-game show."
ABC's Jonathan Karl even Freudian-slipped it out in the pre-debate show We'll see if that holds, but the bottom line is I would expect to see a polling bump down the road if history is any guide,
I think that the most likely scenario is that you will, in fact, see a rise in the polls. Why? Take a look at the last four times we had a first debate and look at those winners. Did they see a rise in the polls? Yes. Mitt Romney in 2012, Hillary Clinton in 2016, Joe Biden in 2020, and Donald Trump earlier this year. They all saw rises in the polls of two points or more,
If Nikki Haley had been in that debate, it would have been great. It would have been lights out. I was thinking about how she would have performed, but primaries are different. They can be pretty vicious even within your own party, but at the end of the day, most folks will galvanize around the candidate,
Ambassador Haley would certainly offer a softer tone in debating Kamala Harris and would be able to answer questions about abortion and the economy with more focus, but the campaign itself would be significantly different,
They also do not carry the baggage that Trump does such as his disparaging comments about John McCain and repeated falsehoods. Harris's call to 'turn the page' to the future than return to the past would not have worked with either DeSantis or Haley who are both younger than Trump and not former presidents,
The choice could not be more clear – President Trump was the clear winner tonight, and he will win for America when he returns to the White House,
Will tonight benefit us? No, it will not,
I think any opportunity for Donald Trump to be able to talk directly to the American voters and lay out his vision is something we'd be very interested in conversation about,
Donald Trump looked at it; he defended himself like any human being would, and then he got back to the issues at hand,
Donalds told reporters in Philadelphia