Former President Donald Trump said that he has made his decision on whether or not to attend the first Republican presidential debate, but he said he won’t announce it until next week.
In his first interview since being indicted in a third case, Trump announced to Newsmax’s Eric Bolling that he had already made his anticipated decision as to whether or not he would attend the first primary debate and that he would make it next week. The former president and Bolling talked over the upsides and downsides of attending or not, with Trump seemingly giving thought to both options.
However, a key area of contention was the requirement for the debate that candidates sign a loyalty pledge, swearing to support whoever the eventual GOP nominee will be, something the former president ruled out.
“I wouldn’t sign the pledge. Why would I sign a pledge of people on there that I wouldn’t have?” Trump said. “I wouldn’t have certain people as somebody that I’d endorse.”
He said there were “three or four people” on the debate stage that he wouldn’t endorse, but he declined to give their names when Bolling asked.
“No, I don’t want to do that. There’s no reason to insult them. But there are some people there that lot of people wouldn’t endorse,” Trump added, though he clarified that “they’re not gonna go anywhere.”
The former president also brought up the concern of low-polling candidates hostile to him, who would ask him “nasty questions.” He hypothesized that if he declined to go to the debate stage, candidates such as former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and former Vice President Mike Pence would accuse him of cowardice.
“I did CNN town hall — that was about as hostile as you can do,” Trump said. “I hear I did very well because, you know, I did so well that they fired the head of CNN over that. But no, it’s not a question of guts; it’s a question of intelligence. … But we’ll let people know next week.”
US President Donald Trump shouldn’t participate in debates until ONLY ONE will be left.
I think it will be Governor of Florida DeSantis.
All others DON’T WORTH even talking with them. Certainly traitor mike penis.
PRESIDENT TRUMP 2024 MAGA
There are Republicans running for president that are losers and everybody knows who they are, Even they know who they are, There is nobody on this planet that can turn this country around from what the communist democrats have done and that is Trump, He done it once and he will do it again and do what he says, you can count on it
good for him need someone who has your back, not someone who would stab you in the back (Rhinos)
Show up so America can attend and forcibly put down a domestic terrorist fraudulently elected Banana Republic coup against this country by showing the force in numbers of what we think about demonic communist Antichrist and pedophile raping demons trying to destroy their own citizens, Country, and future generations of children as the cowards continue their act of War against God with their evil satanic Criminal illegal and unconstitutional attacks and fake investigations coming from a demonic weaponized communist and fascist unelectable unless committing Democrat communist Plantation slave party massive fake news supported communist indoctrinated and funded voter fraud