More from Trump vs. Clinton: first presidential debate of 2016

He consistently fails the absolute basics of political theater.

And celebrated with a shimmy.

He flubbed it on basically every major foreign policy issue.

A few times the GOP presidential candidate struggled with the truth.


It wasn’t really close.

Even Trump voters didn’t like his answer on birtherism, a focus group found.


The coherence gap between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump was devastating.

A baffling, foolish, bizarre performance.

Trump said minority Americans “are living in hell because it’s so dangerous.” But crime is down overall.

What is this.


Here’s the truth about what went on.


Trump calls on Clinton to release emails he says she’s wrongfully deleted.

His campaign is about enriching himself.

Stop and frisk really did target black Americans. And the evidence suggests it didn’t effectively prevent crime.

And he kept going from there.


Here’s the tweet proving it.


He is a career anchor facing a debate over how to moderate presidential debates.


Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump will face off tonight.

Americans shouldn’t lose sight of how strange this election is.


Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump will face off Monday night, September 26, at 9 pm Eastern for 90 minutes — no breaks.


Moderated by NBC Nightly News’s Lester Holt, the debate will focus on three themes: “America’s Direction,” “Achieving Prosperity,” and “Securing America.”


The media is starting to agree: Donald Trump lies. Now the question is: What should they do about it?

His policy wilted under follow-up questions.

This isn’t a reality television show. It’s a job interview.

