The former president’s apparent decision to skip the first debate is a major affront both to the Republican National Committee and to Fox News, which is hosting the event.
The former president’s apparent decision to skip the first debate is a major affront both to the Republican National Committee and to Fox News, which is hosting the event.
Which again shows what a coward he is. He already said that he won’t honor the pledge of a GOP candidate that he would support the primary winner regardless of who it is.
If the GOP was honest and true, they would have to stop supporting Trump.
He’s not being cowardly, he’s running the circus and rubbing it in the party’s face. Trump stole the GOP base out from under the party and the party leadership can’t do anything about it.
I think he’s both being a coward and running the circus.
As for the debates, why should he?
I mean, the guy certainly doesn’t care for democracy or informing the populous about his utter lack of policies, and with a >30% lead in the Republican primary polls he has everything to lose while the other candidates can only gain. Trump and his people know that there’s no upside in it for him to debate, especially since he’s fucking terrible at it, and his cult of followers probably won’t care if he doesn’t show up anyway.
This is just pragmatic. He gains nothing by being in the debate. The only reason he would be in it was if he was interested in the democratic process and societal norms.