# Is Trump going to have a "Code Red" moment during one of the two last debates? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [October 3, 2016, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-going-to-have-a-code-red-moment-during-one-of-the-two-last-debates/767597 "2016-10-03T21:25:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2016, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-going-to-have-a-code-red-moment-during-one-of-the-two-last-debates/767597/41 "2016-10-04T17:27:20Z")
> [@The\_Other\_Waldo\_Pepper](#): > > You say they generally only retreated to their chairs when the other candidate was talking, and so I figure Trump – can retreat to his chair when Hillary Clinton is talking. And I figure that’s better for him than their _first_ debate – when he got to retreat to a chair zero times, and instead spent the whole 90 minutes on his feet. Standing behind a podium isn’t remotely as taxing as getting up, moving around, going back, sitting down, getting up, moving around. Just staying in one place, even if you’re standing, is far easier. ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2016, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-going-to-have-a-code-red-moment-during-one-of-the-two-last-debates/767597/42 "2016-10-04T17:30:11Z")
perhaps mr trump will wander about the stage like sen. mccain did. > **[Daily Show Brilliantly Skewers McCain's Debate Wandering (w/Video)](https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2008/10/9/625028/-)** > > Cross Posted at Liberalcratic > > We've all heard the crazy old man jokes, I call them the "get off ... ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2016, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-going-to-have-a-code-red-moment-during-one-of-the-two-last-debates/767597/43 "2016-10-04T17:46:24Z")
> [@oft\_wears\_hats](#): > > It may indeed be easier on Trump if he’s expected to move around. Look at how fidgety he was during the first debate while Hillary was talking. Only time will tell whether he can channel that restlessness into showmanship and engagement with the audience, or if he will instead look like a disinterested child in a waiting room. Remember, this was when Bush the elder took a quick glance at his wristwatch during the town hall and was eviscerated for it. A podium helps constrain ones body language. A chair or stool means that you have to have much greater self-control to not appear fidgety, impatient, bored, or inattentive. ---
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2016, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-going-to-have-a-code-red-moment-during-one-of-the-two-last-debates/767597/44 "2016-10-04T18:10:41Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > …I’m thinking debate practice will be… minimal. He’s going to do what he has always done, like he did for the deposition, and wing it. And the results will be commiserate. Commensurate? (And: I think you’re right. I sure hope so.) ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2016, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-going-to-have-a-code-red-moment-during-one-of-the-two-last-debates/767597/45 "2016-10-04T18:17:56Z")
I thought he would cope OK and stay calm during debate #1. I was obviously wrong. He was a maniac. Will they know the questions in advance for this next debate? If so, he might be OK. If not, he’ll totally lose it. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2016, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-going-to-have-a-code-red-moment-during-one-of-the-two-last-debates/767597/46 "2016-10-04T19:00:46Z")
> [@MovieMogul](#): > > Remember, this was when Bush the elder took a quick glance at his wristwatch during the town hall and was eviscerated for it. ISTR that GHWB checked his wristwatch _several_ times during that 1992 debate. And, yeah, it really did him in. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2016, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-going-to-have-a-code-red-moment-during-one-of-the-two-last-debates/767597/47 "2016-10-04T19:17:31Z")
> [@coremelt](#): > > To be fair Trump has an army of lawyers and staffers who can deal with all that, and besides he is incapable of believing he has done anything wrong so it’s probably not even worrying him much. I think Trump is far more likely to be taken down by his own foot in his mouth after being baited than by any of the above. Lawyers and staff can only do so much - they still need directions and orders. Are they going to dissolve the Foundation and return the $? Fight the NY AG? Provide the audited records? Offer a partial reimbursement? How does Cuba fit into all this? The rape case? Staff, kids, and attorneys don’t get this say… Donald Trump does. They follow his lead, and he has to make these decisions… while running a campaign, while dealing with the GOP, while doing rallies, while trying to find out who the tax whistle-blower is, all to get a high-stress, low-paying job he doesn’t at all understand. Oh! And he has to debate prep too! Tick-tock, tick-tock… ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2016, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-going-to-have-a-code-red-moment-during-one-of-the-two-last-debates/767597/48 "2016-10-04T21:30:05Z")
> [@Mahaloth](#): > > Will they know the questions in advance for this next debate? If so, he might be OK. If not, he’ll totally lose it. They are not given the questions in advance, but they should be able to make good guesses about them. But unlike in the first debate where they should be able to figure out 99-100% of the questions in advance, there is more chance for a surprise question when it’s asked by a regular joe in the town hall format. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-trump-going-to-have-a-code-red-moment-during-one-of-the-two-last-debates/767597.md?page=2)