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Trump Plans to Skip G.O.P. Debate for Interview With Tucker Carlson
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He's not being cowardly, he's running the circus and rubbing it in the party's face. Trump stole the GOP base out from under the party and the party leadership can't do anything about it.
I think he's both being a coward and running the circus.
As for the debates, why should he?
I mean, the guy certainly doesn't care for democracy or informing the populous about his utter lack of policies, and with a >30% lead in the Republican primary polls he has everything to lose while the other candidates can only gain. Trump and his people know that there's no upside in it for him to debate, especially since he's fucking terrible at it, and his cult of followers probably won't care if he doesn't show up anyway.