RE: 2024 US Presidential Election
August 18, 2023 at 4:48 pm
(This post was last modified: August 18, 2023 at 4:49 pm by Thumpalumpacus.)
(August 18, 2023 at 2:52 pm)Aegon Wrote:(August 18, 2023 at 2:50 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote: 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.
I think both Christie and Pence would give Trump fits, Christie because he's a former prosecutor who knows how to craft tough questions, and Pence because being in on the discussions would know a lot to throw in Trump's lap.
I agree with Brian that Trump has a lot more to lose than gain, and this isn't about liberals; Trump can't afford to give Christie oxygen, nor allow Pence to challenge his own 6 Jan narrative as one who was also there. That's why Trump is taking a powder, imo. I still think Trump will get the nomination.
