Round 2: The Battle Hymn of Trump

W E SAW IT IN THE FIRST DEBATE and have heard it from the very beginning of the campaign season — however, now more than ever is it truly undeniable. What I am referring to, of course, is the political reality that this is Hillary’s election and hers alone to lose. Both Trump’s America and the real America came to this realization Sunday night by watching the two major party nominees battle it out for hours on prime-time television.

Trump and Trumpism were dealt a series of major blows over the course of the past weekend. Beginning with the release of his 2005 Hot Mike Access Hollywood video and his clearly insincere apology for his disgusting remarks culminated with his predatory stalking and embarrassing performance in Sunday night’s debate.

With that being said, Trump really did enter the debate stage with the most to prove. The question on everyone’s mind before, during and after the debate was whether he surpassed the low expectations and broadened his support of the 40 percent that have come to be known as his die-hard base. However, despite his dire need for a victory to compensate for the recent humiliating bombshell, it seems to be the consensus amongst the media, experts and electorate that Trump failed.

This is because he lives up to the characteristic Trump brand of contradictory and non-substantive policy discussion. Trump appeared to show a frightening lack of knowledge of the complexities of each issue and the world around us overall. From his defense of authoritarian dictators like the genocidal Assad and tyrannical Putin to his own lies and misrepresentations of facts, it was clear that Trump proved to be his own worst opponent while up on stage that night.

“Trump appeared to show a frightening lack of knowledge of the complexities of each issue and the world around us overall.”

His most erroneous mistake was his contradiction of his own running mate on the strategy of how best to combat our nation’s natural enemy, Russia, on the geopolitical stage. His admission of not discussing this issue with his vice presidential pick was a sign of division and lack of communication that proved to be one of the most alarming things to occur Sunday night.

Over the course of the campaign, many pundits have consistently said that Trump and his rhetoric represent everything wrong with this country. However, following his debate performance, it is almost impossible for even the most skilled analyst to decipher his incoherent sayings, or what his supporters would say is his platform for “Making America Great Again”.

In general, when comparing the two candidates, it is like comparing sand to water. It is quite needless to say that while Trump was derogatory and almost unintelligible, Hillary was quite the opposite. Poised and mature, she epitomized everything presidential. She touched every issue with the right amount of authenticity, specificity and felicity.

She tackled each issue in this historic debate maturely, using her 30 years of public service and research to her advantage. She utilized facts and policy to support her positions excellently. She lived up to her reputation as the candidate with the right amount of experience and knowledge to help guide this nation through inevitable tough times.

Ultimately, no matter what your beliefs are, the fundamental differences between the two candidates were clear on Sunday night. And these differences in character and vision truly lead you to one singular conclusion. No matter whom you have supported, after this debate, any attentive citizen would have come to realize that Hillary has swung the election in her favor. Hillary Rodham Clinton will be our 45th President of the United States and she will make history while doing it.