Damien

Before the debate the Trump campaign said, in contrast to Clinton, that he was preparing for the debate by playing golf and eating cheeseburgers. Most thought this was expectations management and he would appeal calm and have a few talking points. It appears it may have been right.

It's not clear what his strategy was. They knew Clinton would be well prepared because for all her faults work ethic isn't among them. The pundits assumed he would seek to appear calm and authoritative and that contrast with his media image would win it but he didn't do that. He struggled to even be his showbiz self frequently tripping over his words.

I still wonder if deep down he doesn't want the job. Every time he is doing well in the polls he seems do something stupid. We don't know if this will harm him of course but it won't help him.

Anything he'll probably find some minority group to blame and take the focus of his performance.