renard_ruse
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Oddly enough, there are generally low expectations for Trump.
People seem to really believe he's an out of control dumkopf or whatever. I've never believed that. I think most of what he's done all along is calculated. He's calculated wrong a few times (this is his first serious try at public office), but its all calculated. I don't think you make 10 billion (or 4 billion or 1 billion or whatever people chose to believe his net worth is) if you're out of control.
The low expectations actually help Trump. I would think the Dems would be aware of that, but he's thrown them off their game. They know how to handle a Romney or a McCain, etc, but they have been scrambling to figure out how to handle Trump because you never know what he's going to do next.
He could still blow the whole thing, the media will still say he "lost" no matter what happens, and sure as the sun rises there will be a soundbite or two, probably half a sentence, that the media will seize on to express outrage and shock that he would "say such an unconscionable horrible thing" even if its neither unconscionable nor horrible. However he has more to gain from the debate than Clinton. He's still the underdog so its an opportunity for him to sell himself that he needs.
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