Trump was already on the backfoot. He was behind Harris in the polls and was only trending further behind. He needed this debate win.
Was Trump actually destroyed? No. But he pretty clearly lost. The fact that even Trump's major supporters like Elon Musk and Elbridge Colby are being salty about his loss tells us pretty much everything we want to know.
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Remember, public debates like this aren't about who actually "won". It's about optics, and Conservatives are whining about bias and hosts because Harris ultimately gained the upper-hand.
Brb, gonna go look for a cat and dog to eat.