Multiple outlets are reporting that Donald Trump has made his decision on participating in the first Republican presidential debate.
(Imagine if Trump announced that Tucker would be his running mate.)
While most of his opponents will be appearing at the Fox News debate, Trump is going to skip it in favor of a one-on-one interview with the ousted Fox News host, Tucker Carlson.
In the past 24 hours, Mr. Trump has told people close to him that he has made up his mind and will skip the debate in Milwaukee, according to two of the people briefed on the matter.
Mr. Trump is notoriously mercurial, and left himself something of an out to change his mind with an ambiguous post on his website, Truth Social, on Thursday. He wrote that he's polling well ahead of his rivals and added, "Reagan didn't do it, and neither did others. People know my Record, one of the BEST EVER, so why would I Debate?"
Not only will Trump be attempting to upstage all of his opponents, but he's giving Tucker a chance to do the same to his former employer, Fox News.
Rupert Murdoch has to be FUMING right now.
Trump, you'll remember, skipped one of the Republican primary debates in 2016, as well, and it didn't hurt his candidacy one bit.
We'll see if Trump on Twitter draws more viewers than all the other candidates combined on Fox.
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