
No-show at the big show: Trump, with huge lead, to skip all GOP debates
Fox News
The first GOP presidential primary debate is set to take place on Wednesday, Aug. 23, and former President Donald Trump has announced he will not be participating.
But now the former president says, in his inimitable prose style, "I WILL THEREFORE NOT BE DOING THE DEBATES!" Meaning, he’s not doing any of them. Howard Kurtz is the host of FOX News Channel's MediaBuzz (Sundays 11 a.m.-12 p.m. ET). Based in Washington, D.C., he joined the network in July 2013 and regularly appears on Special Report with Bret Baier and other programs.
There’s no great moral issue here. Candidates do what’s in their best interest. You don’t see President Biden planning to debate RFK Jr. When politicians are way ahead, they tend to sit on their lead, and when a race tightens, they often reconsider. If Trump finds himself in a more competitive primary next year, he can always change his mind and jump back in.