Sadly, winning a debate has more to do with charisma than sound logic and evidences. Trump had multiple debates on TV, he "won" them well enough to be elected,

Sadly, winning a debate has more to do with charisma than sound logic and evidences. Trump had multiple debates on TV, he "won" them well enough to be elected, and he thinks global warming is a Chinese hoax. Scientists, being scientists, are fundamentally trained to communicate to fellow scientists with basic scientific competency and no desire to twist every word out of context. They aren't the best TV debators. You wouldn't give members of the Manhattan project gladiator swords and march them into Colosseum - what would you expect?