In reality, Trump had a very good debate and Hillary did rather poorly. It might not seem that way, but it is pretty obvious after you "read the stitches on the fastball."
The main goal Trump had in this first debate was to show that he can act presidential and will not explode & fly off the handle. He satisfied many people in all three of those areas, including Pennsylvania Democrats who changed their support from Hillary to Trump.
When Hillary began machinegunning all those personal lies about Trump at the end of the debate, Trump refused to take the bait. Instead, he may have won the election by the way he chose to react. Instead of making some very harsh -- and truthful -- references to all the women that her husband has bedded, Trump said he saw their daughter in the audience and could not bring himself to fire that particular fastball at Hillary because he didn't want to say those things with her sitting there. He probably SHOULD have said it -- because it is true and because it would have challenged the lies Hillary was mouthing -- but he chose the high road.
And this may very well be remembered as the moment when Trump won the election.
Notice that the other Democrat in the debate, Lester Holt, interrupted Trump about 47 times to only 9 times for Hillary. And, while he fact checked (with INCORRECT info) Trump, he never challenged Hillary. Nor did he ever ask any questions about her criminal email scandal (except briefly), her causing those deaths in Benghazi, her role in the failing Obamacare scheme, her disasterous exit from Iraq that created ISIS, etc.
She was pretty much left off the hook by Holt while Holt kept hammering Trump over the fake issue over Obama's birthplace. This is not an issue, it is only an item -- and this item has nothing to do with who is best qualified to be president.
In addition, almost all the polling taken online -- except for the Clinton News Network (AKA, CNN) -- showed a massive debate victory for Trump. One of these polls -- by the Washington Times -- actually gave 2% of the vote to HOLT for his debate with Trump, ala Candy Crauley.
Senator Ted Cruz -- infamously one of Trump's biggest enemies -- made a statement on Tuesday that this was Trump's best debate ever, by far. And Cruz should know -- he was the debating champion of the USA.
All in all, Hillary's highly mechanical utterings of those pre-written insults, along with her snooty demeanor only served to fortify the public's perception of her as a very dishonest, nasty person. On the other side of the coin, Trump showed that he does not explode with anger and is quite capable of exhibiting VERY president-like behavior.
A very good night for Trump -- and to think there are TWO MORE debates to go with Hillary.
