Former president Donald Trump intends to skip the first Republican presidential primary debate in Milwaukee on Wednesday and instead plans to post a prerecorded interview with former Fox News host Tucker Carlson that will be released that night, according to a person briefed on the matter.
Trump advisers said the interview had already been recorded. It is not yet clear where the interview will appear. Carlson has started a show on X, formerly called Twitter, but Trump sees the platform as a rival to Truth Social, which he helped create.
He refused to sign the required agreement that everyone who participated in the debates will support the eventual nominee.
so, he isn’t really ‘skipping’ it… he’s not wanted there.
He didn’t qualify for the debates.
How so?
Because he wouldn’t agree to support the eventual nominee if it’s not him.
It’s a requirement for the debates according to the top comment in this thread.
Oh, he’s wanted. Both Fox and the RNC have been trying to convince him to go for at least the last month.