“I can’t believe Trump agreed to this debate with him moderating it.”
Exactly. Trump (or his staff) had to realize that this was not gonna be anything close to a fair fight. The moderators were gonna throw softball questions to Biden and blast away at Trump.
A person doesn’t need to have a PhD in Political Science to figure it out.
“I can’t believe Trump agreed to this debate with him moderating it.”
Both campaigns were provided with a list of potential moderators, and each had choices about who to strike from the list until only one was left.
That’s how Tapper got the job.