{"id":1974390,"date":"2023-07-16T11:35:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-16T15:35:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/donald-trump-noncommital-on-appearing-at-first-gop-presidential-candidate-debate\/"},"modified":"2023-07-16T11:36:30","modified_gmt":"2023-07-16T15:36:30","slug":"donald-trump-noncommital-on-appearing-at-first-gop-presidential-candidate-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/donald-trump-noncommital-on-appearing-at-first-gop-presidential-candidate-debate\/","title":{"rendered":"Donald Trump undecided about participating in initial GOP debate."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdonald-trump-noncommital-on-appearing-at-first-gop-presidential-candidate-debate%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1974390&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Former \u200cPresident Donald Trump&#8217;s Decision on GOP\ud834\udd7a Presidential \u2063Candidate\u2063 Debate<\/h2>\n<p>Former \ud834\udd7aPresident Donald\u2062 Trump is keeping the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bank-of-america-secretly-flagged-purchase-history-of-customers-and-sent-the-data-to-feds-after-capitol-riot\/\" title=\"Bank of America Secretly Flagged Purchase History of Customers and Sent the Data to Feds After Capitol Riot\">political world<\/a> on its toes as\ud834\udd7a he \u2064contemplates\u200c whether\u200b or not to appear\u2063 at \u2064the \u200cfirst GOP presidential\u2062 candidate\u200d debate. With \u2062a\u200d commanding \u200blead in the polls, Trump questions \u2062the \u2063necessity of participating in \u200bthe debate.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;When \u2063you have\u2064 a \u2064big lead, you \u2062don&#8217;t\u2062 do it,&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Trump\u2064 stated during\u200b an\u200d interview on\u2063 Sunday\u2063 Morning Futures \u200cwith\u200c Maria\ud834\udd7a Bartiromo.\u200c He \u2062highlighted his \u2064impressive average polling \u200dnumbers,\u200c ranging from \u206250\ud834\udd7a to \ud834\udd7a60% \u200bin most\ud834\udd7a polls.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Trump further \u2064explained his reasoning,\u2062 asking why\u2064 he \u2062would\u2062 subject himself\u2062 to\u200c questions\ud834\udd7a from candidates \ud834\udd7awho are \ud834\udd7apolling at significantly \u2063lower\u2062 numbers.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Why would you\u200d let\u200b somebody \ud834\udd7athat&#8217;s \u200dat\u200b 0 or 1\u2064 or 2 or 3 be popping\ud834\udd7a you \u200dwith \u2063questions?&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>A recent\ud834\udd7a analysis \u200bby RealClearPolitics\u2062 confirms Trump&#8217;s\u2063 dominance in the \u200dpolls, \ud834\udd7awith\u2064 an average \u200dof\ud834\udd7a 53% support.\u200c His closest competitor,\u2062 Gov. Ron DeSantis,\u200d trails behind\ud834\udd7a with\u2062 a\u200b distant \ud834\udd7a20.6%.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, \u200dother GOP \u200bcandidates, \u200cincluding former\u2062 Vice \u2063President\u200d Mike \u200bPence, former\u2064 South\u2064 Carolina Gov. Nikki\u200c Haley, \u2062Sen. \u2063Tim Scott (R-SC), and\u2063 entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy,\u2063 struggle\u200b to gain\u200b traction, polling \u200bin the single \ud834\udd7adigits.<\/p>\n<p>When \u200basked\u2064 about concerns that skipping the \u2063debate might \u200callow\ud834\udd7a DeSantis or\u2064 another candidate to gain ground, \u2064Trump \u200ddismissed \u2063the \u2062notion.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Or somebody else has\u2064 a good night \u200cand cuts into\u2064 his \u200dlead, because that&#8217;s what&#8217;s \u200chappening. \u2062He&#8217;s going \u2063down, \u2062and\u2064 a\u200d couple\u200c of them are going up,&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Trump confidently\u2063 remarked \u200dabout\u2064 DeSantis.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>DeSantis&#8217;s \u2064campaign \u200dhas faced recent scrutiny, \u2064with \u200bofficials acknowledging\u2063 that\u200b his initial\u200d momentum \u2063has stalled. Steve \u200dCortes,\ud834\udd7a a \u200ctop DeSantis PAC\ud834\udd7a official, admitted that\u2063 DeSantis\u200b is &#8220;way\u2063 behind&#8221;\u200c in national \u2062polling.<\/p>\n<p>While DeSantis acknowledges the uphill \u200bbattle\u2063 he\ud834\udd7a faces \u2062in the \u20632024 election,\u200d he \u200d<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/swing-district-dems-abandon-minimum-wage-moderation-embrace-hike-to-15\/\" title=\"Swing-District Dems Abandon Minimum Wage Moderation, Embrace Hike to \">remains determined<\/a> to earn his\u2063 place.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;You&#8217;ve \u200dgot \u200cto earn it,&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis stated, acknowledging\u200d the challenges ahead.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>As\u200c for\u2063 primary debates against\u2063 President \u200bJoe Biden\u2064 and \u2064the Democratic National Committee, Trump \u200chas\u200b also\u200c decided, \u2063at least \u2062for now, \u2062not\u2063 to participate. \u200cThis lack\u200b of primary\ud834\udd7a debates against \u200ca \u200dsitting \u200bpresident \u200cis not\ud834\udd7a unprecedented, \u2064as \u200dTrump faced \u2064few \u200bGOP\u2064 challengers\u2062 in \u200dthe 2020 election\u200b and\u200b did\u2062 not \u200cengage in\u2063 debates\u2062 with\u2062 them.<\/p>\n<p>Trump \u200dunderstands Biden&#8217;s \u2063reluctance \u200dto participate in \u2062debates, given\u2063 his \ud834\udd7asubstantial lead \u200din the \u200bpolls.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;I understand\u2064 why \ud834\udd7ahe \u200ddoesn&#8217;t want\u2064 to do \u200bit. I truly understand,&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Trump empathized. He expressed doubts \ud834\udd7aabout\u200b Biden&#8217;s \u200dcapability\u2064 to \ud834\udd7ahandle\u2064 debates\u2063 but\u200d emphasized the \ud834\udd7apoint that, with \u2062such a significant\u200c lead,\u2064 there \ud834\udd7aseems\u200b to be \ud834\udd7alittle \u200bincentive for \u2062Biden to engage in\u2062 them.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/donald-trump-noncommital-on-appearing-at-first-gop-presidential-candidate-debate\/\" title=\"Donald Trump undecided about participating in initial GOP debate.\">political \ud834\udd7alandscape remains\ud834\udd7a dynamic<\/a> as Trump weighs\u200d his \u200boptions, \ud834\udd7aleaving \u2064both supporters and\u200b opponents eagerly \ud834\udd7aawaiting\u200b his \u200dfinal \u200bdecision.<\/p>\n<p><a\u2064 href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">Click \u2064here<\/a> to read more \u2062from The\u200b Washington \u2063Examiner.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President Donald Trump is undecided about participating in the initial GOP debate, asserting that his substantial lead in the polls renders it unnecessary. Trump, with an average polling range of 50 to 60%, believes there is no need to engage in the debate when already ahead.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1974391,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1974390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1974390","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1974390"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1974390\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1974391"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1974390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1974390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1974390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}