Trump has found a new way to contradict reality

Donald has just ducked out of a second debate against Kamala Harris – presumably because he remembered the trouncing he got during the first round (although he seems to think that Hannibal Lecter is a real person, so that’s a coin toss).

His reasoning? Why, because he “clearly” won the first debate, of course, so he doesn’t see a need for a second one. You know, the debate where he said that immigrants are roaming the country looking for pets to eat, and talked about executing newborns? Those are all the signs of a slam dunk victory, baby...

Trump, ever the compassionate sparring partner, thinks that his opponent should «focus» on her job as vice president, instead of coming up with new ways to eviscerate him on national television. Harris, on the other hand, seems to disagree, telling a campaign rally in North Carolina that the two «owe» voters another debate, because «what is at stake could not be more important» (with “what is at stake” presumably being an opportunity to figure out if Trump thinks Springfield, Ohio, is where Homer Simpson lives).

I’m not sure why Trump ever agreed to a debate in the first place. Sure, he did well against Biden, but if we’re being honest a child’s drawing of Trump would have done well against Biden. When he isn’t facing somebody who seems to be in the throes of cognitive decline, the format doesn’t exactly suit Trump’s style.

A debate is supposed to be about trading off competing – but true – information, and using it to construct a sound argument. Trump’s idea of a sound argument, however, is saying something that he would like to be true, and then sticking his fingers in his ears and humming The Apprentice theme tune until his opponent gets bored and moves on.

That might have worked