Donald Trump tried to be restrained. He really did. During the first section of the third presidential debate, when the topic was the Supreme Court, if you squinted you could almost imagine that this was just another presidential race, with two candidates squaring off and vigorously discussing their public policy positions on abortion and gun control. Even the immigration discussion started reasonably civilly, until Clinton pivoted to turn a question about Wikileaks into an attack on Trump’s relationship with Russia and Vladimir Putin.
At that point, interrupting Trump returned. He called Clinton a liar and hit back that she was a Russian puppet, not him. By the time the topic turned to “fitness to be president”, the stage was set for a total meltdown. He said the women who has accused him of sexual harassment were in it for the fame and were Clinton campaign stooges.
Perhaps most remarkable, however, was when moderator Chris Wallace asked Trump to support the election results, no matter how they came out. He refused to do so. He accused the media of poisoning people’s minds. He said Clinton shouldn’t have been allowed to run for president. It was Trump in a bunker, settling scores and lashing out at enemies real and perceived.
At that point, the headlines were written and the debate results were locked in. It was not a good night for the Republican.
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