My point remains.
He tried to force both networks to give him 5 million USD each, he got absolutely nothing. Not so powerful. Total fail.
In turn, another entity offered him 1.5 million USD in exchange for a debate, he brushed them off. He ended up leaving 1.5 million USD on the table that could have enriched his veteran’s causes.
If he was so serious about veteran’s causes, not only would he have a better record vis-a-vis his own charity’s donations towards veterans these past few years, he would have welcomed the opportunity for this debate to get another 1.5 million USD. For a cause that he says that he supports, he certainly left a lot of money on the table.
As far as ratings go, do you have a source for that? The ratings actually went up from the previous “debate” where Trump was actually present. IMO, there are too many debates and people are getting tired of them. The rating went up because viewers wanted to see what would happen when Trump wasn’t poisoning the well.
Seriously, do you want to see a Presidential election decided based on television ratings, a la Kardashian? Personally I believe TV views are pedestrian. I would rather see it decided based on the informed.
Trump suggested Fox News play fair and donate to veterans. Fox News said no but ...
Trump GAVE to veterans.
Cruz’ backers suggested a 1-on-1 debate in return for donating to veterans. Trump never responded but ...
Cruz’ backers NEVER GAVE to veterans.
You have no point to make within those facts.
The veterans get taken care of by Trump; they get nothing from Cruz’ backers. Those are the hard facts you can’t dance around.