Donald Trump’s debate performance was far worse than even his inner circle anticipated.

While Donald Trump’s team is publicly pushing a postdebate victory lap, many in his camp were privately disappointed in the Republican candidate’s performance on Tuesday.

CNN’s Kaitlan Collins reported Wednesday night that several Trump insiders were “stunned” by his poor performance and by just how easily he fell for all of Kamala Harris’s attempts to provoke him.

“I’m told that as soon as Donald Trump exited that debate stage, he immediately began quizzing those waiting in his viewing room about how the last 90 minutes had gone,” said Collins. “While several people praised him to his face, telling him they did a great job, that’s not what a lot of them are saying privately today.

Apparently, all that practice with members of his team, such as former Hawaii Representative Tulsi Gabbard, had ultimately amounted to very little when it came time to debate.

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    2 months ago

    No one is surprised he did poorly, but I don’t think anyone expected him to do “immigrants are eating your pets” levels of bad.

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      2 months ago

      They’re eating your cats! They’re eating your dogs!

      They’re eating your babi aborting your babies!

      Me, making sure I’m not watching The Onion News

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      What’s surprising is all the people who on Facebook are now saying it’s true lol

      It’s literally the most absurd claim ever lol.

      It’s possible it happened once probably by some druggie

      But it’s definitely not something that happens regularly 😂

      It’s crazy how these people literally see immigrants as animals or a different species lol

      They’re just normal people

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        2 months ago

        Anything would work on those followers. They are not the people anyone is trying to convince with the debate.