Mike Pence spent the debate running from Donald Trump, blatantly lying about anything offensive Trump has ever said, and even openly contradicting Trump on Russia and Vladimir Putin. He wasn’t making the case for Trump to be president, he was launching his own 2020 presidential campaign. But narcissistic idiot that he is, Trump thought Pence was helping him.
Just don’t let him know what Pence was really up to, because that might lead to a late night Twitter storm. But Trump isn't smart enough to understand what really happened, just as he isn't smart enough to understand that Putin doesn't respect him but sees him as a witless fool.
And yeah, there was this.