There was no audience at the debate.

[yonder]

11. That's a good example of one aspect of his illness manifesting itself.

He's so self-deceptively tuned in to adoration/approval that an empty auditorium to anyone else, is actually filled with huge crowds cheering him on.

His inaugural crowd size was so much "bigger" than Obama's despite photo evidence otherwise. That delusion recently morphed into one where he claims his thuggish Jan 6th crowd was larger than MLK's estimated crowd of 250k.

He is seriously ill yet here we are, teetering on the brink, the false choice being considered by his supporters whom are unaware of our shared precipice.