Donald Trump was absent from the first Republican televised debate, but he was omnipresent. The debate lasted two hours: about the ex-president, climate change and Ukraine. Four insights.
In the world of Donald Trump, only Donald Trump can be first. The former president declined to attend the first televised debate of the Republican presidential nominees on Fox News Wednesday night, instead allowing himself to be interviewed by fired Fox News host Tucker Carlson. The 46-minute conversation was published on X, formerly Twitter, exactly five minutes before the start of the TV debate. Donald Trump did it, he was the first.
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I have been working in the news industry for over 6 years, first as a reporter and now as an editor. I have covered politics extensively, and my work has appeared in major newspapers and online news outlets around the world. In addition to my writing, I also contribute regularly to 24 Hours World.