Jonathan Lemire on the Debate: Trump Looked Old, He Looked Out of Touch

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LEMIRE: “Trump, we should note, was noncommittal about whether he would debate Harris again. The Harris team very much said, hey, let's get a second date on the books for October. The split screen, as noted, was so effective for Harris. The way she smiled and sort of almost mocked him at times, just looking in disbelief. I can't believe I'm sharing the stage with someone who's saying things like that. And she threw him off right at the beginning. She walked over for that handshake. He clearly didn't expect it. That set a tone for the night that -- the first 15, 20 minutes, relatively even when they talked about the economy. But as -- once we went to the crowd size, once they start talking about abortion, which is an issue that Trump twisted himself and not -- to try to explain his shifting stances, but at the same time made clear that he was proud of the Supreme Court justices that he nominated that overturned Roe v. Wade before falsely claiming that all Americans wanted this settled, issue settled by the states. And the vice president scored some points there. And there were so many moments here where she just got the best of him. And he looked old. He looked out of touch.”