Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said Monday on Fox that people will fall asleep to the Democratic debate — without him there to entertain.
Trump discussed the TV ratings that he has brought in appearances during his campaign and the hosts of “Fox and Friends” asked Trump how he thought the ratings would be for the Democratic debate this week.
“I don’t think they’ll do great. I think people are going to turn it on for a couple of minutes and then fall asleep,” Trump said. “I don’t want to say this in a braggadocios way, but a person at CNN and a couple of other people said, ‘We have to put Donald Trump in this debate. We’re going to die with it.”‘
Trump also assessed how he thought Democratic presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton would perform.
“I think that she will, you know, probably do fine. She hasn’t been a great debater in the past, but I think she just has to hold,” Trump said. “I can’t imagine Bernie Sanders will beat her.”
The first Democratic debate, hosted by CNN, is scheduled to take place Tuesday beginning at 8:30 p.m. ET.
Here’s Trump’s full interview:
Well, there you go. Case closed. Shouldn’t there be a larger scrum to record these gems?
Who the f*ck cares about Donald Trump anymore?
Edited to add: This will be my response to all Donald Trump stories from now on. (Unless and until he announces a third party run, and then I will encourage him to get all the publicity he can manage)
@Publishermike
To answer your question, writers at TPM still do, but the readers don’t, But a third party run would be worth taking a look to see him squirm
The casino magnate doesn’t pay much attention to politics so he has no way of knowing that HRC has been participating in debates since she was on her high school’s debate team and was exceptionally good. She’ll bring an encyclopedic knowledge of all the issues, she will have done her homework, and she’ll be at ease and comfortable. Harrumph thinks it’s enough just to show up and be his fabulous, stupendous, beautiful self.
Would it be too flip of me to observe that by virtue of the fact that you’re posting something on a Donald Trump story, you must care at least somewhat?
Since the folks who like to watch The Donald aren’t the one interested in seeing an actual debate, they WILL likely turn in early.
Unless they watch the Arkansas Alabama game.