Posted on 02/05/2016 1:12:39 PM PST by SeekAndFind
Donald Trump’s climbdowns at the end of this week don’t stop with Ted Cruz, apparently. In an interview with Newsmax’s Steve Malzberg, Trump committed to attending the next Republican debate on Fox News on March 3rd, even with Megyn Kelly as moderator. He claimed that his boycott of the last Fox debate had “nothing to do with Megyn Kelly“:
“I’ll be there, I have no objection to being there,” Trump said Friday on the “Steve Malzberg Show,” when asked if he’d be at the Fox News debate in March
“And that had nothing to do with Megyn Kelly, the fact that I went out of the last one had to do with a memo that was sent out by Fox that was a little bit taunting and I said it was inappropriate,” he continued.
“And what happened is because I didn’t do it I raised $6 million for the vets. So I wouldn’t have changed places, I mean I did the right thing.”
This is pure spin, and half-hearted spin at best. Yes, Fox News sent out the taunting (and in my opinion, unprofessional) press release, but it was in response to demands by Trump to remove Kelly as a debate moderator. Trump picked that fight himself all over again, perhaps hoping to score some voter enthusiasm by attacking the media, or just to get some more free media in the run-up to the caucuses. Trump’s campaign threatened a boycott before that press release if Kelly was allowed to moderate the debate, and Trump himself polled his social-media followers on whether or not to follow through on that threat. As Allahpundit noted at the time, the Fox News press release was in response to that polling/trolling, not the cause of it.
Now Trump wants to pretend that the issue wasn’t about Kelly, but that’s pretty close to urinating on the heads of anyone who paid attention and then commenting on the rainfall. He doesn’t want to admit that he blew it in Iowa by bailing out of the debate, and that Trump’s got little choice but to retreat and show up for the next debate unless he wants to continue to rattle late deciders with concerns about his temperament. That’s why he’s backing down from the fight with Cruz as well. He finally got stung with his antics when it counted, and Trump realizes that people need reasons to take him seriously when it comes to voting for him, not just be entertained by the spectacle. How long he can maintain that discipline is anyone’s guess.
He is so pathetic.
I think it’s very brave of him, and I am happy to see that he’s given in and won’t be whining about her picking on him.
Nelson Muntz will be too.
Ha ha.
Stick around. Who knows what tomorrow may bring.
Mr. Trump, whether you don’t go because of how stupid it is for the Right to let the Left run the Right’s show, or you do go, DON’T BACK DOWN FROM MEGYN KELLY.
The man has absolutely no shame whatsoever.
Taunting and Inappropriate are Trump's middle name.
There really is no way to know if attending the debate would have changed anything. We do know the main variable was that Trump lost on account of Cruz having a superior presence on the ground. How much his attendance impacted the vote is not something easily determined.
Damned if you do, damned if you don’t.
Well, we have his answer for today. :)
Well said. His Iowa performance might have been a LOT worse if he had shown up and had those FAUX News dirt bags, (Bloody Megyn and friends), pull the rat bastard crap we now know they had set up for him. We will never know but it is something to think about.
"And that had nothing to do with Megyn Kelly, the fact that I went out of the last one had to do with a memo that was sent out by Fox that was a little bit taunting and I said it was inappropriate," he continued.
We learned from a secret back channel that the Ayatollah and Putin both intend to treat Donald Trump unfairly when they meet with him if he becomes president - a nefarious source tells us that Trump has his own secret plan to replace the Cabinet with his Twitter followers to see if he should even go to those meetings.
He must be entitled to his own facts.
He is so upfront and real. The pathetic ones are the slimy politicians who lie to perfection and get away with it. After all, it’s their profession.
For someone who has no principles to stand on, this is no shocker. Just more proof, he can’t be trusted, IMO.
And Megan Kelly has been boxed and cornered. She doesn’t DARE open another can of worms and berate Trump on one of her favorite “PERSONAL” pouts. If she even tries, she will be nailed by every voter in the universe. SHE is against the ropes now, not the Donald. Gonna be interesting to see how far her arrogance leads her.
These ignorant trolls being paid to type posts here seem to have missed a NEWS CYCLE.
Did you hear ? FuxNews had an AMBUSH planned and set up to smear Trump.
WISE MAN, THAT MR. TRUMP - HE FOOLED THEM !
[He is so upfront and real. The pathetic ones are the slimy politicians who lie to perfection and get away with it. After all, it’s their profession.]
While claiming to be pure faithful Christians....
Exodus 20:16
“You shall not bear false witness against your neighbor.”
Maybe he can bum a tampon off of her.
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