Donald Trump won't participate in GOP debates; thinks he's entitled to nomination

Apparently, Donald Trump has confirmed that he feels he's entitled to the GOP presidential nomination. Earlier Sunday, Trump took to Truth Social for his daily pile of BS. In his posting, Trump said "New CBS POLL, just out, has me leading the field by "legendary" numbers. TRUMP 62%, 46 Points above DeSanctimonious (who is crashing like an ailing bird!), Ramaswamy 7%, Pence 5%, Scott 3%, Haley 2%, Sloppy Chris Christie 2%, “Aida” Hutchinson 1%. The public knows who I am & what a successful Presidency I had, with Energy Independence, Strong Borders & Military, Biggest EVER Tax & Regulation Cuts, No Inflation, Strongest Economy in History, & much more. I WILL THEREFORE NOT BE DOING THE DEBATES!"

Notice who isn't mentioned in his daily blather -- the people. Apparently, Trump doesn't think he needs to lay out his vision going forward in a competitive setting. In a competitive setting, the candidates -- mostly Ron DeSantis -- would have the opportunity to question Trump's statements. People, aka voters, aka the bosses, are deprived of making an informed decision.

That's unacceptable. Trump must earn votes except from the people I've termed the 'Always-Trumpers.' They're with him regardless of what he says or whether he's committed any crimes. I'm not accusing Trump of committing any crimes. I'm willing to let courts and juries figure that out.

When Larry Kudlow interviewed Trump, he was noticeably deferential. He gently guided him through the interview. When Gov. DeSantis was interviewed by NBC, CNBC and Will Witt, the conversations covered lots of topics and the interviewers stuck with their game plans. This offers a snippet of CNBC's interview with Gov. DeSantis:

Gov. DeSantis doesn't have the same stage presence as Mr. Trump but that isn't a negative. There's something reassuring about Gov. DeSantis' presence. Meanwhile, Trump's post on Truth Social is a fact-checkers dream. There's no disputing his record on tax cuts, cutting regulations, secure southern border and inflation.

I'd love debating him, though, on his "strongest economy in history" claim. Mr. Trump had 3 years of 2.5%-3.00% GDP. When he entered office, inflation was fairly tame. During his pre-COVID presidency, job creation and strong wage gains prevailed. When President Reagan took office, inflation and unemployment rates were high. Detroit's auto manufacturing was slumping. Taxes were too high and Carter's and Nixon's regulations were stifling growth.

The Kemp-Roth Tax Cuts got the economy growing while rebuilding Detroit's factories with their capital gains tax cuts. Reagan told Paul Volcker to get inflation under control and not to worry about the politics. He'd take care of that part. Inflation was dramatically cut, the unemployment rate was cut in half or thereabouts. Most importantly from 1982-88, the economy grew at an annual rate of 5% per year. Trump didn't come close to that.

Finally, Trump added $8,000,000,000,000 to the national debt in 4 years. He didn't worry about fiscal responsibility. Additionally, Trump had unified GOP control of Washington, DC for the first half of his term. President Reagan never had unified control of DC, making his accomplishments that much more amazing.

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