Even though Donald Trump won’t be in attendance for the first Republican primary debate for the nomination for president of the United States of America on Wednesday, he still intends to utilize a pre-recorded interview to deflect attention away from the event.
The Republican candidates, including billionaire Vivek Ramaswamay and former Vice President Mike Pence, will attempt to establish themselves as legitimate alternatives to Donald Trump in the Milwaukee debate, where the primary attention will be on Trump’s closest opponent, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.
Trump said this week that he will not be attending the debate to face Democratic Vice President Joe Biden since he had a significant lead in the race for the Republican nomination for president. Instead, he consented to an interview with Tucker Carlson, a former anchor on Fox News, which will air at 9 p.m. Eastern Time (GMT 0100), just as the debate is about to begin and may cause viewers to get distracted.
According to campaign strategists and consultants, participants will launch an onslaught of attacks on DeSantis in a bid to oust him from his position as Trump’s chief rival. After suffering a significant dip in the polls over the summer, which has left him more than 30 points farther behind Trump, DeSantis is now thought to be in a precarious position.
According to Brian Darling, a Republican strategist and a former senior advisor to Senator Rand Paul of Texas, “He’s going to be a punching bag.” According to the information provided in the report, DeSantis is “a wounded candidate headed in the wrong direction.”
This Monday, Martha MacCallum, a moderator for Fox News who will be joined by her colleague Bret Baier for the discussion, informed Vanity Fair that the two of them will question the candidates about Trump’s four felony convictions during the debate. Bret Baier will also be present for the conversation.
One day before to this gathering, President Trump is expected to turn himself in to authorities in Atlanta, Georgia, in connection with claims that he sought to change the outcome of the 2020 presidential election in the state.
Chris Christie, who served as a close adviser to Donald Trump and is now one of his most vocal opponents, is sure to further up his already aggressive attacks on the man who served as president. Asa Hutchinson, the former governor of Arkansas, and Vice President Mike Pence, who took Hutchinson’s side in the aftermath of the attack on the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021, are both potential critics of the president.