(August 18, 2023 at 2:50 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:(August 18, 2023 at 2:00 pm)Aegon Wrote: I'm actually kind of surprised he made that decision. Trump's usually good in debate situations... I mean, he doesn't know policy for shit but he's definitely mastered the art of the roast and has the charisma to make his opponents look small even when they're right. I still think some of the clips of him roasting Jeb Bush and Ted Cruz back in 2015/2016 are legitimately hilarious.
The difference being that in 2015/2016, Trump didn't have four indictments and a 35-point lead in opinion polls. He's got nothing to gain and everything to lose by stepping onto that debate stage.
Plus, I think he's actually afraid of Chris Christie.
Boru
His strategy of denial and deflection would work just as well now as it ever did, IMO. Only liberals see the indictments as final nails in the coffin. Many Republicans think Democrats fabricated the coffin.
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