The current candidates for the Republican presidential nomination seem to think that former President Donald Trump won in 2016 because he won the debates.
The current candidates for the Republican presidential nomination seem to think that President Trump won in 2016 because he won the debates, which is why they all want to be on stage in the upcoming debate in Milwaukee and the one next month at the Reagan Presidential Library.
Once you have that, you can say or do pretty much whatever you want, which is why Mr. Trump has always been less worried about policy and more worried about wrangling the media. It is also why the quality and consistency of the policies — and personnel, for that matter — of the former president have gyrated a bit. They are largely an afterthought.
“Sometimes they write positively, and sometimes they write negatively. But from a pure business point of view, the benefits of being written about have far outweighed the drawbacks.” The only remaining questions are whether Mr. Trump will appear in person at the debate and demand a lectern, despite his refusal to sign an unenforceable pledge to support the party nominee, and, in the event he does, will his hand-picked Republican National Committee chairperson, Ronna McDaniel, enforce the rules or let the former president participate.
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