Donald Trump said Tuesday that he will “absolutely” commit to three presidential debates with Hillary Clinton, but he suggested that he’d try to renegotiate the terms first.
“I will absolutely do three debates,” Trump said in a phone interview with Time. “I want to debate very badly. But I have to see the conditions.”
He went on to imply that he may try to change the terms of the debates.
“I renegotiated the debates in the primaries, remember? They were making a fortune on them and they had us in for three and a half hours and I said that’s ridiculous,” Trump said.
During the Republican primaries, Trump planned to skip two debates, although the second debate he planned to skip was ultimately canceled.
Trump said he also reserved the right to object to the Commission on Presidential Debates’ choice of moderators, telling Time that “certain moderators would be unacceptable, absolutely.”
A commission official told Time that while certain “fine points” could be negotiated, the format as announced was non-negotiable.
Trump previously objected to the debate schedule, saying that it was rigged by the Democrats because two of the debates were scheduled to occur during NFL games.
On Monday, Hillary Clinton’s campaign chair, John Podesta, said that she plans to participate in all three presidential debates and challenged Trump to “show up” and do the same.
Trump can’t get through one sentence without contradicting himself–“I will debate, but I have to see the conditions before I agree to debate.”
What?
Doesn’t matter at this point whether or not there are debates. If there are, Clinton slices and dices Trump and wins. If there aren’t, Trump looks like a chicken – and, again, Clinton wins.
A weasel weasels. It’s what he does.
Delaying action. Hillary will immolate him.
Posturing. Attempts at dominance.
Failed it!