Former president Donald Trump intends to skip the first Republican presidential primary debate in Milwaukee on Wednesday and instead plans to post a prerecorded interview with former Fox News host Tucker Carlson that will be released that night, according to a person briefed on the matter.

Trump advisers said the interview had already been recorded. It is not yet clear where the interview will appear. Carlson has started a show on X, formerly called Twitter, but Trump sees the platform as a rival to Truth Social, which he helped create.

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          1 year ago

          Because he wouldn’t agree to support the eventual nominee if it’s not him.

          It’s a requirement for the debates according to the top comment in this thread.

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      Oh, he’s wanted. Both Fox and the RNC have been trying to convince him to go for at least the last month.