OPINION | There’s a reason Trump ended up returning to the debate stage in 2016: He craves attention and fetishizes projecting strength—two reasons that his threats to skip the first 2024 Republican primary debate may give way to his instincts for combat.
coup de grȃceThe debate ironically helped draw attention away from the scandal, which had previously dominated the news cycles.
No normal person could have pulled this off. But instead of being ashamed or contrite, Trump went on offense against Hillary Clinton.it. A fast-approaching debate turned out to be the best thing that could have happened to Trump, and the timing of the first 2023 primary debate might be similarly helpful.
Put it this way: the more likely it looks that Trump will be indicted for attempting to overturn the 2020 election results in Georgia, the more likely it is that he attends next week’s debate. Let’s say he gets indicted, and the evidence they provide is more damning than we thought. Can you imagine the resulting circus? Trump thrives on chaos. He gets out in front of it. That would almost guarantee that he would show up to the debate. It’s the exact opposite choice that you’d expect from a normal politician.
It’s impossible to predict Donald Trump’s actions. Trust me, I know. But if I were a betting man, I’d bet that Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis is about to guarantee that he doesn’t just show up for an arraignment in Atlanta—but that he also shows up in Milwaukee on August 23.
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