bele wrote:
"How about Trump debate on stage with both Haley and DeSantis and see where that lands them afterwards. I believe both would annihilate Trump in a debate."
Ah, ol' Br'er Trump, he be too wise to do that.
He realizes (like Napoleon once observed) that it's best not to interrupt one's enemies when they are in the process of making mistakes and destroying each other...
Or he realizes, like Hillary Clinton in the 2007-2008, that his lead is not inevitable and Hillary Clinton, even with her huge lead at that time, still showed up on the debate stage in the Democrat primary season and eventually lost the nomination to Barack Obama
Trump knows that he would have to answer for inheriting a growing economy and leaving at same economy in shambles and his role in bringing on inflation. That, and his promise to spend even more and vows even more tariffs
Trump gets away with fiction at his rallies and TruthSocial forum because his supporters, as we have seen here in the recent past, lap it up without doubt, curiosity, judgment, skepticism, ect ect
But he wouldn’t get away with that on the debate stage with challengers. And he knows it.