'Laughing at your desperation': Alina Habba mocked for post-debate praise of Trump

Donald Trump made a surprise appearance in the post-debate spin room after his widely panned performance against Kamala Harris, and one of his attorneys tried to present that apparent cleanup attempt as "leadership."

The former president praised his own performance, saying that polling showed as many as 90 percent of viewers thought he won the debate, and one reporter interrupted to ask him to speak up while another asked where he was getting those poll numbers, although Trump didn't say.

"No headphones in, and taking questions from all journalists," said Trump attorney Alina Habba in an X post that shows the ex-president speaking with reporters. "THAT is leadership. THAT is strength. Where’s Kamala?"

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Other social media users speculated that the vice president was off celebrating her successful debate performance after sewing up the Democratic nomination.

"Laughing at your desperation," said Lincoln Project co-founder Rick Wilson.

"At her victory party," said Talking Points Memo chief Josh Marshall.

"Speaking to voters after crushing Trump," added legal analyst Jeffrey Evan Gold.

"She mopped the floor with him," said journalist Brian Karem.

"She doesn’t need to be in the spin room because she has nothing to spin," said Mike Harvey, a former Democratic candidate for Florida state Senate. "Her performance spoke for it self. You probably should have ran this tweet past a spox because it does your client a disservice. I can’t help you with comms. Let’s start by taking this post down."

''Where’s Kamala?' Celebrating her victory with some Taylor Swift music, Alina," said comedian Jay Black. "Winners don’t have to slouch into the spin room and desperately try to turn their flop sweat into wine.

No headphones in, and taking questions from all journalists. THAT is leadership. THAT is strength.

Where’s Kamala? pic.twitter.com/dMZmDLHXuv
— Alina Habba (@AlinaHabba) September 11, 2024