President Trump and everyone else knew that the NBC Townhall exposition would be contentious and that the ABC Townhall with Joe Biden, broadcast at the same time, would be gentle.

 

And that’s exactly what happened.

 

The NBC moderator, Savannah Guthrie, was under heavy pressure to make Donald Trump squirm.  The left had battered NBC for daring to put the President up directly against Mr. Biden.  Apparently, they feared Trump would get higher ratings than Biden.