Donald Trump is a man who only worries about the important things. When he gave a 75-minute speech in which he predicted the end of times, his big takeaway was not about something silly like policy or campaign platform, it was about how many minutes people spent applauding. That's 24 minutes of total applause. TWENTY. FOUR.

Do you know what that means? Donald Trump does.

And during Trump's big Terrorchella last week, the vaguely human-ish reality TV personality tweeted his pleasure with his convention's ratings.

Unfortunately for Trump, his ratings didn't quite stack up against literally the only competition he had.

According to CNN, 24 million people watched Wednesday's DNC coverage across the six biggest channels, CNN, MSNBC, NBC, ABC, CBS, and Fox News. Last Wednesday during the RNC only 23.4 million people tuned into the same channels. Thursday ratings have not yet been released (we'll update this post when they're out).

In fear that Trump would lose in the only battle he truly cares about, his campaign sent an email to supporters telling them not to watch Clinton's acceptance speech on Thursday.

"Unless you want to be lied to, belittled, and attacked for your beliefs, don't watch Hillary's DNC speech tonight," the email read. "Instead, help Donald Trump hold her accountable, call out her lies and fight back against her nasty attacks."

Let's compare and contrast some of the facts of each convention:

• The DNC's list of celebrity guests included two of the best selling recording artists in the world, a 19-time NBA All Star, and a man who lived in fucking space. The RNC included Chachi, a '90s soap star, and a guy from a show about homophobic swamp men who raise ducks (I think?).

• The President of the United States spoke at the DNC. A man who was once in a Pizza Hut commercial spoke at the RNC.

Sad!

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