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.

  • Maple Engineer
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    561 year ago

    He refused to sign the required agreement that everyone who participated in the debates will support the eventual nominee.

    • ares35
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      141 year ago

      so, he isn’t really ‘skipping’ it… he’s not wanted there.