The ex-president’s 46-point lead over the other candidates compels them to use Wednesday’s prime-time slot to gain support
Donald Trump’s rivals for the Republican presidential nomination reacted in mostly muted fashion to his declaration that he will skip all the party’s primary debates, not just the first in Milwaukee on Wednesday.
Trump’s team have strategized that – as the overwhelming frontrunner – the former US president gains little from appearing on stage with his many rivals. At the same time, his legal team are likely wary that the usually freewheeling Trump may be tempted to wade into subject matter at the heart of the legal cases being brought against him.
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