{"id":2009374,"date":"2023-08-23T13:45:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-23T17:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-carlson-interview-to-be-released-at-same-time-as-gop-debate\/"},"modified":"2023-08-23T13:46:56","modified_gmt":"2023-08-23T17:46:56","slug":"trump-carlson-interview-to-be-released-at-same-time-as-gop-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-carlson-interview-to-be-released-at-same-time-as-gop-debate\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump-Carlson interview coincides with GOP debate release."},"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\">14<\/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-carlson-interview-to-be-released-at-same-time-as-gop-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=2009374&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 Donald Trump&#8217;s \u200cInterview with Tucker Carlson to be Released\u200d Tonight<\/h2>\n<p>Former President Donald Trump has confirmed that his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/candace-owens-sits-down-with-censored-vaccine-scientist-dr-robert-malone-in-exclusive-interview\/\" title=\"Candace Owens Sits Down With Censored Vaccine Scientist Dr. Robert Malone In Exclusive Interview\">highly anticipated interview<\/a> with\u2062 former \u200cFox \u200dNews host Tucker Carlson \u200dwill be released tonight, just \u2062before the network&#8217;s Republican presidential\u2062 primary debate.<\/p>\n<p>In a social media\u2064 post on Truth Social, President\u200c Trump announced that the pre-recorded interview will \u2062be broadcast at 9 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>The GOP primary\u200b event,\u2062 featuring eight of President Trump&#8217;s opponents, will be\u2062 aired\u200c by Fox News between 9 \u2063and 11 p.m.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>Related Stories<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/epochtv\/first-2024-gop-presidential-debate-analysis-5478089\">LIVE 11 PM ET: First 2024 GOP \u2063Presidential Debate\u2062 Analysis<\/a> &#8211; 8\/23\/2023<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/us\/what-to-know-about-tonights-first-gop-debate-5478658\">What to Know About Tonight&#8217;s First \u2062GOP\u200d Debate<\/a> &#8211; 8\/23\/2023<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;Sparks will fly,&#8221; President Trump wrote in his post about the interview, which will reportedly stream on X, the \u2063platform formerly\u200c known as Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>President Trump has decided not to participate in the debate, citing his significant lead \u2062in national and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-carlson-interview-to-be-released-at-same-time-as-gop-debate\/\" title=\"Trump-Carlson interview coincides with GOP debate release.\">state-level surveys\u200b compared<\/a> to the \u2064other contenders in the\u200c primary election.<\/p>\n<p>For\u2063 several months,\u2064 the\u200d former president has \u200dquestioned the\u2063 rationale of subjecting himself to criticism from \u2062other candidates when he already enjoys strong \u2062support among GOP voters.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, President Trump engaged in a discussion with Mr. Carlson, a\u200d conservative pundit who was previously removed from Fox News \u200bearlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>Although the interview is not being \u2062broadcast in real-time, the strategic decision to release it\u200c concurrently with the start of the GOP showdown serves \u200cas a\u2062 potential\u2063 means for President\u200b Trump to divert attention \u2063away from a crucial juncture where\u2062 his opponents may gain momentum.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, this move can be\u2064 seen as another example \u200bof \u200bPresident Trump&#8217;s complex and ever-changing relationship with\u200b Fox News, a media network he has had a tumultuous association with in\u200c recent years.<\/p>\n<p>Some have\u200c speculated that the interview may not attract a significant audience. Attorney and political \u2062commentator Bakari Sellers stated during a\u2063 CNN interview, &#8220;Donald\u2064 Trump&#8217;s counter-programming \u200bis horrible. I don&#8217;t think\u2063 anybody is going to be watching Tucker Carlson on Twitter or X.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Days ago, the former \u2062president and Republican\u200c front-runner confirmed that\u2064 he\u2062 would be skipping the August \u206423 primary debate. According to a\u200d CBS poll, President Trump leads\u200d the\u200d field of\u200c Republican candidates \u200cwith 62 percent support, with Florida \u200bGov. Ron DeSantis as his \u2063closest competitor.<\/p>\n<p>In his Truth Social post, President\u2063 Trump highlighted his achievements during his presidency,\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-drops-biggest-2024-hint-yet\/\" title=\"Trump Drops Biggest 2024 Hint Yet\">including energy independence<\/a>, strong borders and military, tax and regulation cuts, a robust \u200deconomy, and more.<\/p>\n<p>He firmly \u2063stated,\u200d &#8220;I\u200b will therefore not \u200bbe doing the debates!&#8221; President Trump also refused \u2064to sign the RNC&#8217;s allegiance pledge, which was a prerequisite for participating in the\u2064 Republican primary\u200d event.<\/p>\n<p>While\u2064 Florida\u2063 Gov. Ron DeSantis, entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy, Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.), former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, and North\u2064 Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum have committed to attending the debate and endorsing the\u2063 eventual GOP nominee through the RNC pledge, former \u200bVice President Mike \u200dPence, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, \u200dand former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson have indicated \u2063their intention to attend as well.<\/p>\n<p>The two-hour debate \u200cevent, moderated by\u2064 Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum, \u2062will exclusively air on Fox News, Rumble, and associated platforms.<\/p>\n<p>Before the debate, \u200cthe Republican National Committee has identified candidates who meet the criteria for participation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>air Donald Trump&#8217;s interview with Tucker Carlson tonight at 9 p.m., just before the network&#8217;s Republican presidential primary debate. Trump confirmed this in a social media post on Truth Social.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1843,"featured_media":2009376,"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":[543],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2009374","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times"],"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\/2009374","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\/1843"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2009374"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2009374\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2009376"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2009374"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2009374"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2009374"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}