Joe would not have shot himself in the foot. He would have just spewed his talking points. Every time Trump scored last night it was because he prodded and poked Joe into saying something he had not planned to say. Green New Deal, law and order, Antifa is an idea, etc.

It may not be proper and decorous debate but the days of that are long gone. It was a needed and effective strategy when you're debating two people at once.