By Andrew Stanton
Donald Trump fumed Tuesday over the Republican primary debates, questioning why he should participate with the other candidates.
Trump, who could be headed for a rematch against Joe Biden now that the president has announced he is running for a second term, is up against a handful of primary opponents he will have to defeat to secure the GOP nomination.
The Republican candidates are set to face off in August for their first debate, which will be held in Milwaukee. The second debate is expected to be held in Simi Valley, California, but a date has not been announced.
In a Truth Social post on Tuesday afternoon, Trump raged about the debates, slamming the Republican National Committee for not receiving “approval” from his campaign before announcing them. The former president also asked why he should debate his opponents given his “seemingly insurmountable” lead in recent polls.
“When you’re leading by seemingly insurmountable numbers, and you have hostile Networks with angry, TRUMP & MAGA hating anchors asking the ‘questions,’ why subject yourself to being libeled and abused?” he wrote.
Trump remains the front-runner to win his party’s nomination, according to recent polling. An aggregate of polls from FiveThirtyEight found him winning 51 percent of the vote, with the other candidates splitting the remainder. His closest opponent was Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, who has not announced a campaign but averages 24.5 percent support in polls.
Trump’s announced opponents—former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley, former Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson, businessman Vivek Ramaswamy and radio host Larry Elder—typically poll in the single digits.
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