Trump raises questions about participating in ABC debate: ‘Stay tuned’

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4847185-trump-raises-questions-abc-debate-stay-tuned/

33 Comments

  1. plz-let-me-in on

    He’s planting the seeds now (calling ABC “fake news” 🙄) so it won’t be a surprise when he finally drops out because he’s too scared to debate Harris. Trump is a coward, through and through.

  2. This fucker thinks he can trick Kamala into a Fox debate first, after which he will cancel any future debates. She’s too smart to fall for his shit.

  3. RuncibleSpork on

    Chicken Train

    Running all day

    Chicken Train

    Running all night

    Can’t get it on

    Can’t get it off

    Chicken Train takes the chickens away

  4. CouchOlympian on

    Maybe he has realized that ABC isn’t yet trying to be the next Fox News, as CNN is. So there will be no bullshitting allowed.

    And obviously, he is a flail man who is afraid of a strong, powerful woman.

  5. I don’t get his MO – if he cancels this debate, how does he expect to get his poll #’s up?

  6. Rated_PG-Squirteen on

    Not surprising. Donald will be *EVISCERATED* by Kamala should they ever debate. It’s gonna be Not Like Us level.

  7. Maybe I’m missing something, but what’s the deranged buffoon so worried about? His campaign agreed to debate any eligible candidates. Presumably, they were good with that when they signed up.

    This is the debate both sides shook hands on. What’s changed since then? I really don’t get it. What is it the degenerate clown is so apparently concerned about that he’s begun *hedging?*

    It’s just a debate. Surely, he can present a vision for the next four years and defend his policies on all the pertinent issues?

    Weird.

  8. Oh he’s scared scared. Hey if he doesn’t want to debate that’s fine it gives the Harris campaign an 90 min of free speech

  9. Stay tuned means he wants to stay in the headlines dangling this carrot. Downvote and move on.

  10. I can see how this may read as him laying the foundation to back out, but that’s not an option for him.

    He’s just whining about it because he knows he has to do it and doesn’t want to. To maintain his *brand* (narcissism) and perceived *strongest, most courageous, most stable* and *very not weird* guy status, he can’t back out. His followers would view that as one of the weakest things he’s done. He would hemorrhage support.

    The macho-man, tough guy, deal-making-genius perception he NEEDS to maintain will not permit him to bow out. MMW.

  11. This is a tactic. He has to appear, because if he doesn’t, Harris can point to an empty podium and say “he’s not here to represent you. Only I can represent you. I care about you. He doesn’t.” Result: Harris wins debate and probably election.

  12. So what happens if he ducks Harris? Does she just get free reign to talk and answer questions while Trump’s podium sits empty? It seems like something you wouldn’t want to just up and cancel, I imagine, unless I’m overestimating the planning and logistics that go into a presidential debate.

  13. serenitynowmoney on

    So after “practicing” with Tulsi, Donny has decided to he is not up to the Kamala Challenge. Lols

  14. I think the brainwashed MAGAts might freak out and I believe he could lose a few percentages in the polls if he bails.

    Remember, MAGAts have been conditioned to believe he is a truth telling genius that walks on water, and easily beat Joe.

    Not sure if Trump’s PR propagandists could sell the MAGAt’s on a plausible excuse for him bailing?

  15. Brave Sir Donald ran away.
    Bravely ran away away.
    When danger reared it’s ugly head,
    He bravely turned his tail and fled.
    Yes, brave Sir Donald turned about
    And gallantly he chickened out.
    Swiftly taking to his feet,
    He beat a very brave retreat.
    Bravest of the brave, Sir Donald.

  16. He’s doing this so the media can have this will he won’t he discussion for days. It’s so that he stays relevant in the news.

  17. If he backs out of the debate, Kamala needs to do what Ossoff did and go to the debate anyway, answering questions while standing next to Trump’s empty podium the whole time

  18. Kamala should just debate a Trump impersonator. Maybe get James Austin Johnson from SNL.

  19. He’s scared shitless. He knows Kamala will chew him up and spit him out. The prosecutor vs the felon. Look for his bone spurs to start acting up.

  20. He’s between a rock and a hard place where he either skips it and looks weak to his supporters, or goes and gets horribly embarrassed in front of the nation.

  21. I suspect he knows the worst thing he can do is have someone call him out on his BS in real time. I think he’s also aware that while Biden lost in the last debate, Trump did not win.

  22. He’s fucking scared because he knows he will lose.

    Harris will mention Project 2025, the fact he is a convicted felon, among all his other insane shit and he won’t be able to run from that.

  23. Sufficient-Alfalfa20 on

    After seeing the way Harris eviscerated him during her acceptance speech I’m not surprised he’s thinking about dropping out. She went straight for the jugular!

    Either that or his debate prep is going poorly and his campaign is nervous. Think about it- all Harris has to do is land one good jab and he’ll spend the rest of the debate melting down.

    Also, Trump always seems at his most incoherent and unstable the later it gets. The debate is scheduled at 9 p.m. If the dementia rumors have any truth he might be sundowning.