Donald Trump flubbed the last debate. His allies know it, his fundraisers know it—but that doesn’t mean they’re willing to admit it.

On Thursday, the Republican presidential nominee announced that he had decided not to debate Vice President Kamala Harris for a second time, writing in a lengthy rant on Truth Social that “THERE WILL BE NO THIRD DEBATE!” (Apparently he’s counting his debate against Joe Biden.)

But less than 24 hours after the major reversal, Trump’s team was already working to explain away why the country would be getting less of their candidate.

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    Donald Trump “won” against Biden. Donald Trump wanted to debate him again.

    Donald Trump “won” against Harris. Donald Trump says only the losers want a rematch.

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      Donald Trump “won” against Biden. Donald Trump wanted to debate him again.

      The American people lost that debate.

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          Yeah. The change was necessary. I’m not sure the Dems had a real chance with Biden. Even with Harris the polls look like a toss up. Harris seems like a huge improvement over Biden but trump still has his legions of idiot voters. And I gotta say, huge respect for Biden for seeing the way the winds of change were blowing and deciding to step back for the sake of the country. Can you imagine trump having that sort of humility and patriotism? Trump couldn’t even spell humility.

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          Two old dottering men. One shouting at the sky, the other looking like he’d rather be making ice cream cones for his grand kids.