Donald Trumpā€™s debate performance was far worse than even his inner circle anticipated.

While Donald Trumpā€™s team is publicly pushing a postdebate victory lap, many in his camp were privately disappointed in the Republican candidateā€™s performance on Tuesday.

CNNā€™s Kaitlan CollinsĀ reportedĀ Wednesday night that several Trump insiders were ā€œstunnedā€ by his poor performance and byĀ just how easily he fellĀ for all of Kamala Harrisā€™sĀ attempts to provoke him.

ā€œIā€™m told that as soon as Donald Trump exited that debate stage, he immediately began quizzing those waiting in his viewing room about how the last 90 minutes had gone,ā€ said Collins. ā€œWhile several people praised him to his face, telling him they did a great job, thatā€™s not what a lot of them are saying privately today.

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Apparently, all that practice with members of his team, such as former Hawaii RepresentativeĀ Tulsi Gabbard, had ultimately amounted to very little when it came time to debate.

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      2 months ago

      A not totally incompetent trainer of a dead horse would not be stunned how bad the dead horse does.

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        2 months ago

        From the text, I conclude that the team trained El DouchƩ apparently successfully, but the moment he approached the stage something popped in his head, the whole house of cards tumbled down.