Trump is neither competent enough nor patient enough to discuss actual issues. He'll continue grandstanding and running on Reganesque homilies, and smears and insults. If he ever gets dragged into a discussion of policy or how disastrous his proposed policies would certainly be, he loses bigger than he's already going to lose. Issues detract from the adulation and praise which his narcissistic psyche requires in ever-increasing doses, so it's certain he either won't go there at all or look foolish if he tries.
In the vacuum of intellectual thought which will define the general, Mrs. Clinton won't want to delve too deeply into the issues, either. Her problem will be winning back the support and enthusiasm of the enormous pool of new socialists that Bernie Sanders' campaign has created, so she doesn't dare discuss what's going to be done due to the realpolitik landscape. Instead she'll have to run an even sunnier and more optimistic campaign than President Obama did in '08.
Trump is running a black-and-white campaign in a mostly brown-and-gray America. It's a guaranteed loss so long as Mrs. Clinton does not mire herself in a one-sided discussion of issues at which Trump can aim his 140-character darts.
So it's going to be a stupid race to the bottom where the one who shows the least hatred wins in a landslide.
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