The former US president sought to upstage the first Republican candidate debate by broadcasting his own interview with Tucker Carlson in competition.
| The first Republican 2024 presidential debate on Wednesday opened with a focus on the US economy, as“Our country is in decline,” said Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, who stands in a distant second place behind Trump but ahead of the rest of the field. “We must reverse Bidenomics so that middle-class families have a chance to succeed again.”
The former president skipped the debate stage at Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, instead sitting for a pre-recorded interview with conservative commentator Tucker Carlson that began streaming on X, the site formerly known as Twitter, just before the debate started in an effort to siphon away viewers. Within a half hour, the interview had drawn more than 22 million views.
The debate, four months before the first Republican presidential nominating contest in Iowa, took place a day before Mr Trump plans to surrender in Atlanta to face charges he sought to overturn his 2020 election loss in the state. That timing will put him back in the spotlight just as his rivals are hoping to raise their profiles.
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