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.
I thought he was the best debater? What’s he afraid of?
I think it’s a power move. The GOP is nothing without his base. He’s forcing that point. Viewer numbers are what feeds his ego.
He’s afraid. He craves attention more than he can provide it.
Maybe both. Obviously Tucker will give him softballs. But it’s a competition he’s more comfortable with: collecting eyeballs.
He’s too privileged and stupid to be scared. He’s certain he’ll get away with whatever he does regardless of what that is.
I agree with others saying this is a power move. By not going, he basically proves that many Republicans won’t watch which means less views which means Trump can say, without lying, that because he didn’t show the views were down.
Oh, I agree it’s a move. But the Republicans also offer something he craves. Legitimacy and attention. He doesn’t hold all the cards.
Lol, like he cares if any of his claims need to be true. He doesn’t know what is or isn’t true, not does he care. He says whatever suits his needs in the moment.
He’s got nothing to lose by not going, and everything to lose by going to the debate. He’s the clear nominee at this point. The GOP is Trump. It’s almost beneath him at this point to enter a debate with those others. And he’s making that point. The GOP is that far gone. Without someone like Trump what’s left of their electorate will not vote.
Exactly. Why go and share a stage with a bunch of people who are trailing him so much in the polls when he can go sit down with Tucker Carlson and get all the attention.
I think it’s a power move.
Seriously? More likely he knows he will get his arse handed to him in a debate.
It’s both
He’s a Master Debater
Mike Pence. The dude should just crack him. He’d go up in the polls.
I thought Tucker hated him passionately?
He doesn’t hate him as much as he loves views though
Yea but he loves money more
a strategically correct move in his case honestly
Really Trump’s best move is just to assume he’s the nominee and act like it’s foolish for the GOP to even have a primary.
lol what a bitch
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Does he look like a bitch?
Well, yeah. This ain’t Marcellus Wallace. Tump’s a bitch.
GOP is trump’s bitch at this point
Wait. Tucker? I thought he’d been deplatformed.
He seems to be on twitter. yt algorithm recommended his video for some reason.
Maybe you’re a republican, but google somehow figured it out before you did?
YouTube thinks I’m far right because I watch videos related to some of my hobbies, which happen to be dominated by far right morons.
Same here. Also live in a red state. I mostly have hobbies on my recommendations I try hard to keep politics off my algorithms cause it can be a black hole and take over everything.
Same… Same.
Sup fellow Video Game/Warhammer/Star Trek fan 😂
Don’t forget us about us left wing farmers/hunters/outdoorsmen and shooting enthusiasts! I keep the majority of my hillbilly hobby to IRL only as the algorithms quickly follow the chain of gun owner -> gun nut -> far right -> conspiracy theorist and Trump fan
There are dozens of us!
Yeah that’s what gets me all the right wing nonsense. I love fishing, hunting, driving trails (usually to a fishing spot), and the outdoors generally. Apparently that means I’ll love outright hateful content and Jesus.
I’d not heard of Star Trek. How the fuck can someone be right wing and watch Star Trek and go “yeah that represents my views”?
You’d be surprised at the amount of “Star Trek has gone WOKE/SJW” content on the internet. Yeah it doesn’t make sense to me either.
My brain just had a momentary blue screen crash reading that.
Yeah Star Trek, the show to have literally the first interracial kiss on TV, with shatner intentionally sabotaging the take with the white actress to keep the other take in, and has one of the most diverse casts ever for a TV show, has only NOW gone woke. /roll eyes. Fucking maroons.
The article only has one line about this, noting that what platform this interview would take place on is unclear. I just checked and it looks like he’s continued to do a show on Twitter despite Fox News sending him a cease-and-desist letter, so presumably it would be there.
The media will chop up the interview no one watched and play pieces of it ad nauseum on air and online.
Weird, I thought Trump was going to use the distraction of the debate to flee the country.
He can’t flee the country. He literally has 24 hour secret service protection that will stop him if he tries to board a plane because they are state employees and not employed by trump.
I don’t have your confidence that the secret service would side with the United States over Trump.
Their conduct has been less than exemplary lately.
they’re both circling the bowl… together…
Haha I love this
I wouldn’t show up to any debates either if I was him. Why would I I have a motherfuckin CULT that will die for me. All I gotta do is tweet “kill em all my peeps” and it’s over.
Wouldn’t even dignify these pretenders with my presence.
Honestly I’m curious as to why he hasn’t given the “fire at will” order yet. I would have Jan 6. Other billionaires holding him back?
Ronna McDaniel’s prayers have been answered. Now they don’t have to fret over banning Trump for not signing the GOP Loyalty pledge.
Let them fight.
There’s a reference there, but I didn’t feel like looking up the gif.
It’s Godzilla
What a coward.
Gotta try to boost the ratings for the mouthpiece that helped boost you up and covered your ass last time around, eh? And keep yourself from facing direct criticism or being forced to sign that annoying “support the nominee” pledge - or letting tv cameras you don’t control show the nation see how fat, sallow, and stressed you look, or hearing the dementia-and-pill addled word salad come out of your mouth.
I wouldn’t be surprised if they pre-recorded it, either.
