Trump wanted 5 million dollars from FOX for his charity, and if FOX agreed to it, Trump would have participated in the debate, or so he says. Ailes says no can do- that is quid pro quo and he is right. So- no deal.
Fox should have said, fair enough. We will donate the 5 million dollars outright- no strings attached. You have your event, and we’ll have our debate. Now that would have been classy on Murdoch’s part, but Murdoch got taken to the woodshed by DJ Trump and wasn’t having any part of Trump’s charity event, whether it was classy or classless.
I hadn’t heard that Trump was trying to get them to fork over $5 million. He brought in $5 million in donations from associates. Amazing.