{"id":1989248,"date":"2023-08-02T21:32:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-03T01:32:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-meets-with-fox-execs-about-debate-after-saying-he-didnt-want-to-face-hostile-opponents-questions-report\/"},"modified":"2023-08-02T21:33:30","modified_gmt":"2023-08-03T01:33:30","slug":"trump-meets-with-fox-execs-about-debate-after-saying-he-didnt-want-to-face-hostile-opponents-questions-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-meets-with-fox-execs-about-debate-after-saying-he-didnt-want-to-face-hostile-opponents-questions-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump meets with Fox executives to discuss debate concerns after expressing reluctance to face hostile opponents and questions, according to reports."},"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\">42<\/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%2Ftrump-meets-with-fox-execs-about-debate-after-saying-he-didnt-want-to-face-hostile-opponents-questions-report%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=1989248&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 President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donald\u200d Trump<\/a> Engages in Dinner\u200d Discussion with Fox News Executives<\/h2>\n<p>In an intriguing turn of events, former President Donald Trump recently dined with Fox News executives to discuss the upcoming Republican Party primary debate. This comes as a surprise,\u200c considering Trump&#8217;s previous dismissal of the idea \u2062as &#8220;stupid&#8221;\u2062 and his reluctance\u200b to face &#8220;hostile&#8221; opponents \u200cand \u200bquestions on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bill-barr-should-have-stepped-up-president-trump-goes-off-on-bill-barr-over-his-silence-on-hunter-biden-video\/\" title=\"\u201cBill Barr Should Have Stepped Up!\u201d \u2013 President Trump Goes Off on Bill Barr over His Silence on Hunter Biden (VIDEO)\">debate stage<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The dinner took place at Trump&#8217;s club in Bedminster and included\u2064 Fox News \u2064President\u200b Jay Wallace and CEO Suzanne Scott. Interestingly, this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-meets-with-fox-execs-about-debate-after-saying-he-didnt-want-to-face-hostile-opponents-questions-report\/\" title=\"Trump meets with Fox executives to discuss debate concerns after expressing reluctance to face hostile opponents and questions, according to reports.\">meeting occurred shortly<\/a> after Trump learned about his impending criminal charges, marking the third case in which he has been indicted.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;The\u2062 executives &#8216;made a soft appeal&#8217; in lobbying the 77-year-old former president to participate in the debates,&#8221; according \u2064to a report from The New York Times.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>It\u200b seems that Trump&#8217;s advisors \u2063have cautioned him about the\u2062 potential consequences of not participating in the debates. They fear that his absence could inadvertently boost another candidate&#8217;s chances of gaining momentum.<\/p>\n<p>For now, Trump remains the frontrunner, with Florida Governor Ron DeSantis \u2064solidly in second place. The New York Times\/Siena poll, considered the\u200c top poll in the nation\u200c by FiveThirtyEight, reveals that no other candidates come close\u200b to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/liz-cheney-trailing-by-double-digits-in-wyoming-gop-primary-poll\/\" title=\"Liz Cheney Trailing By Double Digits In Wyoming GOP Primary Poll\">reaching double digits<\/a> in terms of\u2063 support. Former Vice President Mike Pence, Senator\u2064 Tim Scott (R-SC),\u200b and former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley all sit at a\u200b mere 3%.\u200b The remaining candidates fare even worse, polling at \u200c2% or less.<\/p>\n<p>While Trump currently enjoys a dominant position in\u200d The New\u2064 York Times\/Siena poll, it is worth noting \u2062that \u200bnearly half of the respondents who chose Trump (46%) are &#8220;considering other candidates,&#8221; as indicated by the poll.<\/p>\n<p>The dinner between Trump and Fox News executives was described \u2062as &#8220;cordial,&#8221; and the former president has yet to make a\u2062 decision regarding his participation in the debates.<\/p>\n<p>In a recent interview with Breitbart News, \u200bTrump emphasized the significance of debates in his previous victories, both in securing \u2062the 2016 GOP \u2062nomination \u2064and winning the general election that same year.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t want\u2062 to face &#8216;hostile\u2062 questions&#8217; from a &#8216;hostile \u200dnetwork&#8217; and\u2064 &#8216;hostile&#8217; candidates on the debate stage,&#8221; Trump stated.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Despite acknowledging the potential risks, Trump expressed\u200b his enjoyment of participating in\u200c debates and his belief that they serve as a valuable platform.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\">CLICK HERE TO GET\u200d THE\u2062 DAILY WIRE APP<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Trump specifically mentioned his reluctance to engage with candidates polling at &#8220;one, two, three, four, five&#8221; points,\u200c which, according to The New York Times poll, includes all candidates except for\u2062 DeSantis.<\/p>\n<p>While participating in the debates may be seen as a risky move, Trump&#8217;s willingness to engage\u200d in\u2062 these discussions demonstrates his belief in their importance and his desire\u200b to\u200b make his voice heard.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President Donald Trump had dinner with Fox News executives to discuss the upcoming Republican primary debate. Despite previously calling it &#8220;stupid&#8221; and expressing reluctance to face &#8220;hostile&#8221; opponents and questions, Trump met with Fox News President Jay Wallace.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":102,"featured_media":1989249,"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":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1989248","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"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\/1989248","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\/102"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1989248"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1989248\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1989249"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1989248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1989248"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1989248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}