Yet another change of position of Trump, who before has argued for fewer candidates on stage - even during the second debate itself declared Rand Paul didn't belong there because he was "number 11". Although, an understandable strategy at this point as it would limit the amount of time competitors nearer to him could speak and lessen their potential impact.
I think you misread that
Yet another change of position of Trump,
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I read it that way at first, also. But actually, if you study the wording, it appears that only Carson is pushing to dilute the debate- and- not to have any questions on his past.
I had to read that a few times to ferret out what they were saying but I don’t think they meant Trump agreed with Carson. I think they were saying that Carson was in the top two along with Trump but Carson was the one calling for everyone to be included. Trump doesn’t agree with that as far as I know.
“Yet another change of position of Trump, who before has argued for fewer candidates on stage”
The sentence says only that CARSON wants all the candidates on the same stage. All it says about Trump is that he sits on top of the polls along with Carson.
‘Yet another change of position of Trump, who before has argued for fewer candidates on stage - even during the second debate itself declared Rand Paul didn’t belong there because he was “number 11”.’
Guess your Trump hate got the better of you.
‘Ben Carson’s representative proposed putting all 14 candidates in one debate, but Trump wants to see fewer people take the stage.’
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2015/11/gop-candidates-boot-rnc-from-debate-process.html
You have to read it right, the part about Trump was in a fragment, not related to the main sentence.
Even though Carson is in second, the press is writing it up like, ‘Carson, who leads with Trump’ - like Trump’s in second (distant second).