A behind-the-scenes video that appears to be part of the documentary "The Art of the Surge: The Donald Trump Comeback," reveals a nervous Trump constantly requiring reassurance from his staff and members of his inner circle. The videos follow Trump as he races toward Election Day 2024.
Among the clips revealed by Courier Newsroom is a nervous Trump walking the debate site and trying to figure out how the time clock works.
"Well, what happens if I'm 10 seconds long? Will I be cut off?" he asks.
The clock counts down to the limit of time he has to speak. It is green until the final several seconds, when it turns yellow, and then when it hits zero, the clock turns red. Trump was baffled by this and had questions.
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"Green means I'm on?" Trump asks.
An aide had to explain that green also meant that Harris could be speaking.
"It's not an indicator if the mic is on or off," the person says.
"When the mics are off, the mics are off," Trump says.
"Yes," someone off-screen is heard saying.
"Oh, okay. Good," Trump replies.
"The way I've normally done it is I will see that I'm on and she's off," Trump continues. "But we're going to go a little less formal, right?"
He then asks if the moderators "will be directing me" or if he'll merely respond to her. Stage managers try to explain how moderators will ask questions, and he will answer them.
In the second video, Trump is seen after the debate where his running mate, Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH), reveals that he thinks Trump lost.
"The story they're going to try to spin is that you got all the momentum right now, and she stopped the momentum," Vance tells Trump to his face. "That's bulls--t."
"I think I killed her," Trump says behind the curtain before entering the spin room.
"I don't think that anyone gives a s--t," says Vance. "I think you killed her."
"I'm getting calls from congressmen saying this is the best debate I've ever seen," Trump claims only a few moments after leaving the debate stage.
Trump then runs into Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) who reassures Trump the way the media will analyze it in the spin room will be different than the way "real voters" see the debate.
See the videos below or at the link here.