I hope this is part of some super great strategy that I just can’t see.
You can’t see it because it was announced before talking to Trump camp about whether these terms are acceptable. That in itself was rude, biased, and unacceptable.
Biden is a cheater and this format will be a disaster.
My best explanation is that Trump's internal polling shows him surging and he has nothing to gain from the exposure.
However that runs counter to all of the polls averaged by Real Clear Politics. If he is in fact behind it makes no sense to throw away the opportunity. Coming as it does in the wake of breaking off negotiations on the virus bailout monies, it seems illogical. I just don't get it.
Well I can guess at a possible strategy. The immediate effect is the Left convincing itself that Trump is afraid to do another debate after getting trounced by Biden. The secondary effect is that the expectations will be high for the third debate on Biden--the opposite of the expectations for first debate, and interest in watching it will be very high--which is ripe for Trump to move the needle on last debate before election day.
A virtual debate will be completely rigged. Moderator will have freedom to cut off Trump any time he or she wants and Biden will have all his answers in front of him.
Trump is "following the science". I have tested negative three times and have antibodies. I am not contagious and have immunity.
He'll ask Joe....Are you going to run the Whitehouse from your basement? Will we have to build hundreds of little basements near the Whitehouse for your people.
President Trump should not even have done any debates at all, not with hard core Trump haters like Chris Wallace “moderating and the next guy being a hard core never Trumper.
I agree. I don’t think it’s a good idea if it comes to pass but somehow I doubt it will.
Right. He gets nothing out of not debating. It would make Biden appear stronger than he is.
Yes, it’s called losing the election in a landslide.
Trump is going to have a historic loss, all because he can’t act like a decent human for even five friggin minutes.
I’m sick of it.
He should have won this walking away.
And yet most people here thinks he is some super genius.
No. He’s been lucky.
Eventually, luck runs out.
Here’s the strategy: Virtual debates are a waste of time!
I assume that you are joking... President Trump giving legitimacy to a Demonrat rigged sideshow would be as stupid as stupid can be. It is bad enough that the “moderator” is a never Trumper and Biden will be given all the questions ahead of time.
The "moderator" was a former staffer of Biden's, and was photographed with Biden at a Biden hosted beach party as recently as 2016. Also pics of Biden fondling his very young daughter at that party. Add in that a "virtual debate" means Biden's ability to cheat is unrestricted. Trump is correct to refuse this one. Change the moderator and allow a staff member from each campaign onsite to monitor the opponent, then maybe...
Let ByeDone and Wall@ss debate each other.