While he continued to dominate in the polls, former President Donald Trump made the decision to not participate in the first GOP debate. Now, with the second GOP debate in the upcoming future, it looks like Trump is also planning on not attending this debate as well.
This creates another layer of uncertainty during an already tumultuous primary season, leaving many wondering what’s next.
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Since his election loss, Trump has expressed dissatisfaction with certain aspects of debate formats and moderators.
His choice to abstain from this debate is likely another strategic move intended to avoid confrontations and challenging questions from both moderators and fellow candidates.
At the same time, it ensures he remains a focal point of discussion even without being present.
The upcoming debate will be held in Detroit and offers GOP candidates a chance to appeal to Michigan voters.
This is especially important because Michigan is seen as a key battleground state for Republicans going into 2024 – although they narrowly won it, it swung back towards President Joe Biden during the 2020 election.
Without Trump present, other contenders will have more time to present their views and policies, giving them an opportunity to gain traction with undecided voters.
According to the New York Times:
Former President Donald J. Trump is planning to travel to Detroit on the day of the next Republican primary debate, according to two Trump advisers with knowledge of the plans, injecting himself into the labor dispute between striking autoworkers and the nation’s leading auto manufacturers.
The trip, which will include a prime-time speech before current and former union members, is the second consecutive primary debate that Mr. Trump is skipping to instead hold his own counterprogramming. He sat for an interview with the former Fox News host Tucker Carlson that posted online during the first G.O.P. presidential debate in August.
The decision to go to Michigan just days after the United Auto Workers went on strike shows the extent to which Mr. Trump wants to be seen as looking past his primary rivals — and the reality that both he and his political apparatus are already focused on the possibility of a rematch with President Biden.
So instead of attending the next G.O.P. debate — on Sept. 27 in California at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum — Mr. Trump intends to speak to over 500 workers, with his campaign planning to fill the room with plumbers, pipe-fitters, electricians, as well as autoworkers, according to one of the Trump advisers familiar with the planning. Mr. Trump has not directly addressed the wage demands of striking workers and has attacked the union leadership, but he has tried to more broadly cast himself on the side of autoworkers.
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