Trump counterschedules the Republican debate with an interview at the same time

The former president of USA, donald trump (2017-2021) has counterprogrammed the debate among Republican presidential hopefuls White House with an interview that will be broadcast at the same time.

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Trumpwho is leading the polls to win the Republican presidential nomination in 2024, announced on his social network, TruthSocialthat the interview will be broadcast at 9:00 p.m. local time (01:00 GMT on Thursday), the same time the debate begins.

Trump recorded the interview with the journalist Tucker Carlsonwho was fired a year ago from Fox News, and is expected to be broadcast on the social network X (formerly Twitter) and where Tucker He has posted monologues and interviews since leaving Fox.

Although the interview was previously recorded and Trump could theoretically attend the debate, he has chosen not to because, he argues, voters already know him.

On the scene of the debate, organized by the Fox network in Milwaukee (Wisconsin), eight other applicants will join, among which the governor of Florida stands out, Ron DeSantiswhom many saw as Trump’s main opponent but whose numbers in the polls have not just taken off.

Despite not participating in the debate, Trump He will be omnipresent due to his popularity and because one of the key points tonight will be to see how his opponents face him but without offending his important voter base.

In this context, the Trump campaign boasted this Wednesday in a statement that, despite not being in the debate, the former president has already won it because “everything will revolve around him”.

“President Trump has already won tonight’s debate because everything will revolve around him. only the president Trump He has the political ideas, the fortitude and the sounding boards to take on the corrupt head-on. Joe Biden in the general elections”, said in a statement one of the main advisers of his campaign, Chris LaCivita.

According to the average of surveys prepared by the web Real Clear PoliticsTrump leads the polls to win the Republican presidential nomination with 55.4% support, followed far by DeSantis (14.3%), the businessman Vivek Ramaswamy (7.2%) and the former vice president of the United States. Mile Pence (4 %).

Source: Elcomercio

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