Posted on 08/20/23
| News Source: NY Post
Former President Donald Trump confirmed on Sunday that he would not join the Republican presidential primary debate in Milwaukee on Wednesday — and hinted he might sit out the others as well.
“The public knows who I am & what a successful Presidency I had,” Trump announced on Truth Social Sunday. “I WILL THEREFORE NOT BE DOING THE DEBATES!”
It remains unclear whether the ex-president plans to skip every debate across the election cycle.
The Republican National Committee has demanded that each candidate sign a loyalty pledge to support the eventual nominee in order to enter the debates.
Trump has refused to sign the pledge.
Trump has teased plans to skip the debates for weeks, with reports from the weekend suggesting he had made the decision to sit down with former Fox News host Tucker Carlson instead of participating in Wednesday’s debate in Milwaukee.
That interview has already been taped, according to The New York Times, and it will air online at the same time as the debate.