[Freedom_Is_Not_Free]

You honestly don’t understand what he said, or you are just joking?

I’ll take you at face value. Frankly, it just isn’t that hard to understand.

Translation: I’ll take part in a few debates to be a good sport and because it is expected of me, but I don’t plan to do many and I’m not doing one soon. Debates are mostly worthless and don’t give me an opportunity to share any meaningful, useful message. I’ll control how and when I deliver my message to the American voters, and I’m not going to get tricked into playing s media-controlled game that you hope will make me look foolish or catch me saying something my Democrat opponent can use against me.

You honestly didn’t understand that?

[aroostook war]

Thanks. Your version is very clear. I’ll bet hearing Fred say this was really funny.
On paper, it was hard to tell how he meant it - and then the writer implied that that was why he would make a great president.
Maybe - Aristotle said that a gift for metaphor is a sign of genius.