Maggie Haberman on what Trump insiders say they wish he would’ve avoided during the debate

CNN’s Wolf Blitzer talks to CNN political analyst Maggie Haberman about former President Donald Trump’s debate performance and how he responded to Vice President Kamala Harris’ tactic to provoke him into going off-topic.

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[thebreakthrough]

you can't convince a crazy man that he's crazy

[richards]

What should he have avoided? Opening his mouth.

[Charactermatters]

When I was growing up the racial slurs were against Chinese immigrants eating cats and dogs. It's a tired old playbook move from desperate and ignorant people! Vote 💙

[andypanda]

Why did Donald deny that he yelled, "Proud Boys, stand back and stand by." in his earlier debate? Does he think the world forgot?

[patriciasheldon]

I think accusing people of infanticide was the most egregious lie. Why is no one even touching that?

[jim]

Man, woman, person, eating, pets. A stable genius.

[Eric-]

Don’t want to get fact checked and embarrassed on national TV? DON’T LIE! Simple as that. He did it to himself.

[Eric-]

Childless cat ladies and cats! Stand back and stand by!

[johnbrowneyes]

If 45 can endorse Orban, Swift can certainly endorse Harris. 🐱

[JeffreyBarris-sfvs]

Remember "Lock Her Up" back in 2016? Why are they okay with voting for a criminal now?

[keepers]

So shooting a dog is OK, but eating it is bad...GOP is confusing

[nounicorns]

There's plenty of videos of people leaving his rallies early

[HHHWLH]

Kamala immediately set the stage and won the debate with the initial and powerful gesture by affirmatively going over into Trump’s space, introducing herself by correctly pronouncing and enunciating her name, then confidently shaking his small hand.

[worldpeace]

REALITY IS NOT THE REPUBLICANS FRIEND!!! VOTE VOTE VOTE 🇺🇸🇺🇸🗽🗽💙💙💙🗽🗽🇺🇸🇺🇸

[timaeusbanda]

She baited him he fail for it and laughed him for it 😂😂😂

[jockyoung]

They wish Trump could have avoided being Trump.

[Jay-qlgp]

She mopped the floor with him. Then she wound him up, and he mopped himself.
Oh, the pet comment has got huge traction!

[allenchurch]

I wish he would have avoided his first presidency.

[RogerClubv]

Surprisingly, Harris performed exceptionally well. For the first time in years, since Trump entered the political scene, someone was finally able to debate him and come out on top. He couldn't sleep that night cause he was spanked by an intelligent woman.

You know it;I know it; everybody knows it. He lost bigly. It was a beatdown like no one had ever seen before in front of billions of people worldwide, the largest crowd watching it ever in the history of history. It was a disgrace performance for an ex-president who didn't do his homework. Biden was old. Trump is showing his age. It's time to turn the page and let a woman run the country. I'm ready for change and I'm a Republican. Who's ready?

[jensrogerkristoffersen]

Trump definitely won. Not the debate, but the prize for "Bigliest Clown of Politics".