Trump bets debating Biden will help him, no matter what - Washington Examiner

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

60% : "And yet Trump did, in part because of his confidence that any contrast with Biden on age, acuity, and stamina will redound to the former president's benefit.
47% : "Trump won the nomination with relative ease, with only former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley, the one candidate who clearly benefited from the Republican National Committee debates, putting up a semblance of resistance.
45% : Trump wrote on Truth Social in May.
45% : It's possible Trump doesn't need a big debate moment now that he is a known commodity and could benefit from the discipline the agreed-upon format imposes on him.
41% : With a commanding lead in the polls, Trump refused to debate his rivals for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination.
41% : But there is no question Trump is taking the stage with the expectation of beating Biden, testing another Barnum adage: "I don't care what the newspapers say about me as long as they spell my name right."
30% : "Trump can win the debate if he just lets Biden ramble.
29% : "ELECTION 2024: FOLLOW LATEST COVERAGETrump had challenged Biden to debate "anytime, anywhere, anyplace."
29% : "What they did, I'm pretty sure, is that they approached me with a debate that I couldn't take," Trump told the Washington Examiner's Byron York.
29% : Trump is normally a stickler for debate ground rules.
27% : (It doesn't hurt that this doubles as a shot at Ryan, who has become an intraparty rival of Trump's.)
24% : But at 78, Trump would also reenter the Oval Office older than Ronald Reagan, the previous age record-holder at the position, left it.
20% : That's why Trump accepted two debates largely on Biden's terms, including Thursday night's showdown that comes before either man is his party's presidential nominee.
18% : Though, Trump did concede in his interview with York that he interrupted Biden too much in their first debate in 2020.
16% : After coming in too hot at the first debate with Biden, Trump skipped the next debate because he would not participate in a virtual event.
11% : Trump is betting that there is no such thing as a bad debate with President Joe Biden at this stage in the 81-year-old's career, taking a calculated risk as he nurses a 1-point lead in the national RealClearPolitics polling average.

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