Vice President Kamala Harris immediately started the evening powerfully by coming out with her hand extended and walked into Donald Trump’s “space,” on his side of the debate stage. It was a bold and aggressive act that, to my eyes, put Trump off balance from the get-go.

She said to him as they shook hands, “Kamala Harris.”

It was an intense debate. Trump began to get angry and seemed to unravel soon after it started. Harris appeared to know how to get under his skin.

Trump yelled and attacked. Harris was measured and tough. She used his words, the simple kind he usually uses, against him and pushed his buttons. She did not mince words.

She triggered him right off the bat when she talked about people leaving his rallies “out of boredom.” He never seemed to recover from that, he was so angry. And he mentioned immigrants eating pets, can you believe it?!

And then he said this crazy, outrageous thing:

Harris humiliated him.

And Trump continued to spout his racist thoughts.

Harris was real, she shined a bright light on who Trump is on the world stage.

Trump insulted Biden repeatedly. He even said at one point, “Biden hates her.”

Harris spoke strongly about Ukraine, and was concise in why Trump would be disastrous in foregin affairs.

Trump, as usual, would throw back things she said back at her.

Towards the end, Harris began to fold in her message about not dividing, and appealing to Americans sense of decency.

When Harris was not talking, she was often looking over at him and smiling or even looking with pity on her opponent. He was scowling or smirking or looking furious the whole time.

Kamala Harris figured out what no one else figured out, and she got to Trump. Harris seemed young and Trump seemed old.

She smiled many times, almost as if she was about to laugh.

This is what we all hoped she would do. She put him in his place. Kamala Harris was masterful.