On June 27, President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump will meet face-to-face in a presidential debate featuring muted microphones, no props and no live audience. The debate is unusual in several other ways: It is being held much earlier in the election cycle than usual and is hosted by CNN instead of the Commission on Presidential Debates.
Watch the video above as Straight Arrow News contributor David Pakman discusses rumors that Donald Trump may be planning to skip the first debate.
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Sean Hannity recently said on his program that he’s hearing from people who think maybe Donald Trump shouldn’t go to the first debate at all, and wait until he’s officially the nominee and then do the debate later in the year.
If I had to guess about what’s going on here, it’s two things: Number one, Hannity is not going to mention something like this of his own volition unless Trump or someone close to Trump gives him the green light to go ahead and start floating the idea that maybe Trump shouldn’t go, and maybe this isn’t worth his time — because Hannity is not going to introduce that unless it’s something that they are actually thinking about and talking about.
And then number two, and maybe just as importantly, if you’ve seen some of Donald Trump’s recent performances at rallies, and the 60, 90, 120 seconds, or even longer rants that make no sense, you would be well to start wondering, is this a guy who can actually handle — especially in the evening hours, as mental health professionals I’ve interviewed have said, he seems to do worse in the evening — can he really handle a debate with Joe Biden without going off on these rants that make no sense?
At his recent event in Las Vegas, Trump ranted about electric vehicles, sharks, having an uncle that went to MIT, and it was so bizarre and so confusing that the crowd all behind him was stunned into silence, and unsure how to react.