Donald Trump has plastered his face and name on so many things over the years that it’s hard to keep track of it all. However, some believe that Mother Nature herself is putting his visage on an ancient site – Stonehenge.
17.08.2023 - 22:37 / deadline.com
Donald Trump has yet to announce definitively whether he will participate in the first Republican debate next week, something that likely would make the difference between blockbuster ratings for Fox News if he does and very different dynamics if he does not.
So far, all indications are that the former president will not participate, the most recent being his Truth Social post on Thursday morning, as he complained that Fox & Friends was purposely showing an unflattering picture big “orange” picture of him. “And then they want me to debate!” he wrote.
The network and its two debate moderators, Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum, are preparing for both scenarios, but whether Trump is there or not, his four criminal indictments are likely to be a topic.
“How the other candidates react to it will be interesting,” Baier, the network’s chief political anchor and anchor and executive editor of Special Report, told Deadline in an interview this week. “In the GOP primary, we have seen these indictments increase his polling numbers, increase his fundraising. … How others react to it and how differently they approach it will be a part of this primary and this debate.”
MacCallum, anchor and executive editor of The Story, said that the indictments — including new racketeering charges in Georgia — are “also a good reason for the former president to come and make his own mark on where he stands on it.”
She said that “maybe because of everything that is going on, it would make sense to be there and to rebut some of what is going to be said in real time.”
Trump’s presence also would mark the first time that he has faced off against the 2024 GOP field, with the expectation that seven or eight will qualify for the Milwaukee stage by
Donald Trump has plastered his face and name on so many things over the years that it’s hard to keep track of it all. However, some believe that Mother Nature herself is putting his visage on an ancient site – Stonehenge.
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