The Trump position seems to be saying that he will debate if he can pick the moderators: clearly the President, who largely conducts interviews only with favorable news outlets, is afraid of facing questions from a neutral moderator. The Trump campaign proposal for elaborate negotiations is merely an effort to dodge fair, even-handed debates.
He had negative questions from the beginning and blasted them out of the park. The takedown of Ted Cruz’ “New York Values” response was probably what won him the nomination.
Trump should insist on Thomas Sowell as a moderator.