That’s his mugshot, you know, the one on the coffee mugs and T-shirts. People seem to like the glower. Larry David even adopted it for season 12 of Curb.
Because they interpret arrogance, bigotry, cruelty, greed and a massive sense of entitlement as “strength”. That very whininess is a sign of “strength” to them.
A small side-question since I didn’t watch the debate or have listened to him very much-does Trump have any kind of New York accent? Did he ever?
I don’t know what you’d call Trump’s accent. It’s unique to him.
Considering his propensity for shouting Putin’s propaganda, I’d say he has a “bellow-Russian” accent.
Absolutely. He said clearly, “They’re eating dawgs.”
You’d think I’d be used to it, being a Yankee who moved to the South 10+ years ago, but it’s still disheartening to me to see more Trump signs go up after that debate.
I spend a fair amount of my commute to work muttering “idiots!” as I drive by rows of signs and ridiculous Trump flag displays.
Hrmph.
He did say “terra” for terror. Several times.
When I heard him say this all I could think was that this idiot doesn’t even understand his own analogy. The debate is just one round in the fight. The fight ends on election day.
If a boxer wins a round decisively they want to get right back out there and keep beating their opponent until they win.
I saw one take on the “they gave her the questions ahead of time”: Yes, how could anyone have predicted that you’d be asked about the economy, inflation, abortion, and foreign policy at a Presidential debate? Obviously cheated!
I think he has a point. If Harris didn’t get the questions ahead of time, how else could she have known the debate was going to cover such esoteric topics like the economy, abortion, guns, and healthcare? Debates never cover those topics. The Trump team planned for the topics which typically come up, like golf. That’s why he was doing all his prep out on the golf course. 
Or, perhaps:
“THE JUDGES CHEATED”
“MY OPPONENT CHEATED”
“THE ROPES WERE TOO LOOSE”
“THE REFEREE WAS MEAN TO ME”
We would also accept:
“MY OPPONENT WAS ALLOWED TO THROW MORE PUNCHES THAN ME!”
“MY OPPONENT DODGED ALL MY BEST PUNCHES!”
“THEY RANG THE BELL AFTER THREE MINUTES, I WASN’T ALLOWED ENOUGH TIME TO BEAT HER!”
that is fabulous and i am using now. i’m sure a meme will be developed soon.
and yes, trump decided that “resting mugshot” is the best look for him. just par for the trump.
But, would you accept
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I WAS S’POSEDTA BOX AN OLDER MAN
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MY DOCTOR, SPOCK, SEZ I WEIGH 200
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I WAS BOXING THREE PEOPLE
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THEY CUT ME OFF AFTER EACH ROUND
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GLOVES DIDN’T FIT MY TINY HANDS
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I COULDA BEEN A CONTENDA
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POOTS SAID I’M THE BEST BOXER HE’S EVER SEEN
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WATCH ME WEAVE. ORBAN AND KIM HAVE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT
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THE BOXING COMMISSION SHOULD LOSE THEIR JOBS
I think this has gone off-topic enough at this point. Enough with the silly excuses.
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It’s still cheating though to consider such questions in advance, and come up with a researched and thoughtful answer that will solve or reduce the problems.
What you’re supposed to do, is just put forward the concepts of an answer. Just shoot from the hip recalling memes you were sent that day.
I think Tuesday’s debate will go down in history as an important moment. Similar to Lincoln-Douglas and Kennedy-Nixon.