The next Republican presidential debate occurs on October 28 on CNBC. Donald Trump, however, said he would not show up to the debate unless the network met his demands. The network gave in.
Trump, and other candidates, all told CNBC that they would not participate in the next debate unless the network met a list of demands created by Trump. Those demands include allowing opening and closing statements from the candidates, and the debate is to not exceed two hours including commercial breaks.
“Three hours is too much, too long for a debate,” said Trump after the second debate. “How long is ‘Gone with the Wind’?”
Campaign leaders and CNBC executives negotiated during a conference call earlier this week with some tense moments. The network wasn’t going to budge, at first. But it eventually caved in when Trump’s protests started to spread through the Republican presidential field.
This can’t be what American political discussion is coming to. Trump simply doesn’t have the endurance to engage in a long, thoughtful discussion about policy, so he’s trying to change the rules.
For more on this story, visit Politico “How Trump almost blew up the third GOP debate”
