In March 2016, Trump threatened to skip a CNN town hall interview, citing his perception that the network had treated him unfairly. In 2016, Trump skipped a primary debate hosted by Fox News over his feud with Kelly following an earlier debate when she pressed Trump on his derogatory comments about women. Proposed rule targets college programs that leave students with ‘unaffordable debt or insufficient earnings’ Paul Ryan’s official Speaker portrait unveiled at the Capitol Trump joined the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in person earlier this year, but he only appeared virtually at an Iowa event hosted by the Faith and Freedom Coalition that drew several other 2024 contenders. But should he opt out, it would align with how he has run the primary campaign so far, largely brushing aside any would-be challengers. One former Trump adviser said they believed Trump would ultimately see the merits of taking part in the debates. Perhaps the biggest is his substantial lead in the polls. The former president sees several reasons not to engage. The date of the second has not yet been announced, but it will be hosted at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in California. The first GOP primary debate is set for August in Milwaukee. Trump last week publicly floated the idea of skipping at least one of the first two scheduled GOP primary debates.
“And they’ll get to attack him and say things, and he won’t be able to respond.”
“I think the folks around him … would try to disabuse him of that notion, because if he’s not there on that stage, the other people on that stage will do nothing but whack on the person that’s not there,” Urban added. “He thinks he has this insurmountable lead, and it’s to everyone else’s benefit, but not his, to show up at these debates,” said David Urban, who advised Trump’s 20 presidential campaigns. The first debate will take place in August and could provide a springboard for an alternative candidate who seizes the spotlight and marks a compelling case for the party to move on from Trump. “When you’re leading by seemingly insurmountable numbers, and you have hostile Networks with angry, TRUMP & MAGA hating anchors asking the ‘questions,’ why subject yourself to being libeled and abused?” Trump wrote on Truth Social.īut the strategy is not without risks.
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