On Thursday, President Donald Trump answered questions at a town hall on NBC, while Joe Biden took questions at a town hall on ABC that was originally meant to be a full presidential debate before Trump pulled out of it.

Commenters on social media ridiculed the president’s performance, with many agreeing the night was a disaster for him.

Many people are saying President Trump couldn’t handle more than an hour of questions at his town hall.

— Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) October 16, 2020

After an hour the candidates appear… wait…Trump is done?!! Left the building already.? @JoeBiden is still holding his town hall? Talking to voters? Answering questions? Sorry @realDonaldTrump you may call him Sleepy Joe, but we know who’s got the stamina! #TownHalls

— Michael Steele (@MichaelSteele) October 16, 2020

The only good thing about these two competing town hall events is that they show how much Biden is held to a different standard as an actual rational human being while Trump just has to get through an hour without lighting a bucket of mice on fire

— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) October 16, 2020

I wasn’t pleased about this event, but it turns out that this whole @NBCNews town hall is proving to be a long commercial for Biden, not Trump.

— Neal Katyal (@neal_katyal) October 16, 2020

the reason this town hall is a disaster for Trump is he treats every questioner as if they are attacking him, and spends his time shouting at them

— b-boy boooo-eebaisse (@jbouie) October 16, 2020

Trump demanding NBC give him his own town hall tonight may go down in history as the worst campaign decision since Mike Dukakis went full acorn-helmet with his tank photo.#TrumpTownHall pic.twitter.com/lrTrj6Qrug

— The Hoarse Whisperer (@TheRealHoarse) October 16, 2020

I know I was supposed to boycott @MSNBC Trump town hall, but I couldn’t help myself, and it’s awesome. Trump is decomposing in real time, and I’m on my 2nd edible.

— Chelsea Handler (@chelseahandler) October 16, 2020

Me. Laffy: If Trump gets bigger ratings on his town hall, it’ll be because more people want to watch a car crash than a guy parallel parking his Prius.

— Laffy (@GottaLaff) October 16, 2020

This Trump town hall is a fucking disaster for him.

He just refused to denounce QAnon and now he’s having a meltdown.

— Jon Favreau (@jonfavs) October 16, 2020

.@realDonaldTrump This town hall is another Trump debacle. Trump sounds crazy and seems very hyper. The blizzard of lies and delusion is coming to its’ end. This fool will be fired by the American people.

— Steve Schmidt (@SteveSchmidtSES) October 16, 2020

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