Posted on 08/18/2023 2:36:19 PM PDT by Presbyterian Reporter
President Donald Trump plans to skip the GOP debate and instead take an interview with Tucker Carlson. Trump is the frontrunner by double digits in the 2024 GOP presidential primary, and some polls show him beating President Joe Biden in a general election.
"When you're leading by seemingly insurmountable numbers, and you have hostile Networks with angry, Trump and MAGA hating anchors asking the 'questions,' why subject yourself to being libeled and abused?" Trump said earlier this year on Truth Social.
Sources familiar with the former president's plan to skip the debate told the New York Times he will instead be doing an interview online with Tucker Carlson, who streams his shows on X (formerly Twitter).
On Thursday Trump gave an inkling as to his plan for the debate on Truth Social, saying, "Reagan didn’t do it, and neither did others. People know my Record, one of the best ever, so why would I debate?”
He talked about the status of his high poll numbers again which he said are high "over a 'wonderful' field of Republican candidates."
According to the New York Times, he was giving the impression that he would make a surprise appearance at the debate despite suggesting otherwise publicly. RNC Chair Ronna McDaniel made a trip to Trump's Bedminster golf club to try to convince the former president and GOP favorite to join the August 23 debate in Milwaukee.
Trump will reportedly have the interview with Carlson as a counter-program to the debate.
With Carlson's firing in the spring, it is also seen as a jab at Fox News, the network hosting the debate for the primary candidates.
“””Well folks, we will know next week who are the RINO REPUBLICAN VOTERS watching the FOX NEWS debate sans Trump and who are the MAGA REPUBLICAN VOTERS watching Tucker Carlson interview Trump.
My guess is that 10 million will watch the FOX debate and 50 million will watch the Trump interview with Tucker.
My one caveat to this prediction is the Trump interview being hacked by the evil ones who prowl the internet.””””
(RINO REPUBLICAN VOTERS watching the FOX NEWS debate)
And that’s all it will be.
Good response!! Why WOULD he need to debate?!
My guess is that 10 million will watch the FOX
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Debate will also be live streamed on Rumble
avoid fox
https://rumble.com/c/GOP
Good decision for Trump.
It's not a coronation.
I wish people actually paid attention to records/accomplishments!
MAGA voters already know who Trump is.
He gains nothing from the Debate.
The Meatball can take the other Midgets on.
It's not a coronation.
It's always been a CIA coronation in the past and you did not mind.
You only object when the result is not to your satisfaction.
He's an old man. He's 77 I think. He has to prove to me that he is still capable. A good way to do that is having the stamina for a primary campaign.
And he needs to come up with a plan to beat Joe Biden in the general election.
His policies are good. But he needs to make it to the White House first.
There won’t be any reason to watch the Fox debates. All the loser candidates will do that attend the debate is tear down Trump for not being there. People claim they’re going to hear Trump’s opponents talk about why people should vote for them, explain their policies and plans if they become the GOP candidate. After they thank Fox News for offering them the venue, and especially thanking the RNC for the Hitler-like loyalty pledge forced on them, I doubt they’ll have much time to say anything of substance. They will need to start attacking each other’s positions if any of them want to be considered a potential nominee. If all they do is attack Trump, we’ll know they are only there at the behest of the GOPe to try to take Trump out.
Silliness
Probably get more views on tuckers show
Is it silly that I want to win in 2024? I don't want another 4 years of Biden administration.
No Republican will ever be President again unless the extensive voter fraud that has been apparent in this country for many years, is totally destroyed. The Republican Party has been MIA on the issue for decades. They don't even raise a strong defense for military ballots when droves of Democrat lawyers go to court to get them thrown out. This crap has been going on for so long, and nobody wants to address it, or even admit that it's happening.
MAKE IT A TOWN HALL!!!!!
<>A good way to do that is having the stamina for a primary campaign.<>
Unlike a normal human, DJT has the stamina to withstand dozens of vapid felony charges AND simultaneously campaign for the GOP nomination.
Go ponder your navel.
This makes me smile, bigley 😁.
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