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On Losing the First Debate

Calvin Trillin

October 6, 2016

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump during the presidential debate, September 26, 2016.(AP Photo / Patrick Semansky)

Donald Trump claims that someone may have broken his microphone on purpose, and that Lester Holt asked unfair questions.—News reports

A blowhard’s ID is revealed by one sign: How quickly the boasting turns into a whine.

Calvin TrillinCalvin Trillin is The Nation’s “deadline poet.”


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