I don't think Trump did as well as he could/should have, but if you watched that and thought Kamala won you might be more of a left wing cheerleader than an observer trying to remain objective. Kamala comes off very unlikeable and unpresidential with her coached smug smile with hand under chin multiple times. Her constant hand motions, body language, facial expressions and tone of voice are also unbearable to behold.

Trump kept his attention toward the moderators and the camera 99% of the time with an occasional eyeroll to something Kamala said. Kamala turned her attention toward Trump at least half the time which appeared to me to be an admission that this was the big powerful man in the room who has a lead in the polls and she is the lowly challenger. It's been said that this was strategy on her part which I can see being the case, but I don't think it did her any favors with Trump not turning his attention toward her much at all. It made her look insignificant and petty body language wise by comparison.

This is all before we get to the content of what was said. I think L2L is correct in that Trump's manner of speaking did him no favors last night, but he did touch on important issues affecting Americans at the moment such as illegal immigration, the economy and inflation and has a track record worth running on. Kamala talked more in platitudes and free money and heart string pulls with her tone at times. I didn't really hear any proposals from her aside from free money which isn't really free, someone's paying for it. Again, Trump didn't knock it out of the park as he should have, but Kamala didn't win anything last night. I guess not getting run out of the gym can be viewed as a moral victory. And the moderators were garbage btw.

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