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[Kolx]

In an interview with CNBC on Monday morning, Trump said the presidential debates should feature no moderators, because he knows before the debates are even held that they would be very unfair to him.

"I'm going to be treated very, very unfairly by the moderators," he said, adding: "I think we should have a debate with no moderators — just Hillary and I sitting there, talking."

"It's going to be a very unfair debate," Trump told CNBC. "And I can see it happening right now because everyone's saying that he was soft on Trump. Well now, the new person is going to be really hard on Trump just to show the establishment what he can do."

The problem? Trump already agreed to take part in the debates and gave the existing moderators — Fox News's Chris Wallace, NBC's Lester Holt, ABC's Martha Raddatz and CNN's Anderson Cooper — a thumbs-up.

"I like them," Trump said last week in a Q&A with reporters aboard his plane. "I respect the moderators. I do respect them."

Donald Trump calls for no debate moderators a week after praising them

 

[YoungFa]

Well its much easier to spout nonsense if no third party is fact checking you.

 

[Mechanized]

?_?

I hate you Donald Trump.

 

[A Serious Man]

How 'bout nah.

 

[minor effort]

Would he be happier if the moderators for the three debates were replaced with Sean Hannity, Milo, and Alex Jones?

 

[ZeroGravity]

He's basically saying "When I inevitably lose the debate, please don't judge me too harshly because obviously the deck was stacked against me."

 

[Gentleman Jack]

Trump wouldn't consider any debate fair unless he's given a button that electrocutes his opponent and the camera stays on him at the same angle the entire time.

 

[Azure Dream]

Crying about unfair situations all the time. Even if that were true, does he think that would change as President?

 

[Hypron]

This motherfucker really thinks he's all so special.

This setup's been used for years and years and for a good reason.

 

[Polioliolio]

Joke of a man.

 

[DontBeThatGuy]

"If Trump can't handle me and some moderators, how's he gonna handle ISIS?"

Say it, Hillary.

 

[kadotsu]

I wonder how much the media will fall over themselves to give him what he wants.

 

[Strimei]

How long until Trump says "I never said I liked them" ?

 

[Mutanthands]

The man thrives on chaos. There is no way he should be allowed anywhere near a debate, without someone to keep him from bullying Clinton and spouting endless verbal diarrhea.

 

[Savitar]

Oh no he worries he might get called out live.

Who could have seen that happening in a debate!

 

[Fat4all]

already trying to worm his way out

 

[Sai-kun]

🤔? excuse me?

 

[JustenP88]

Lol how the hell would that work out?

 

[RPGCrazied]

Oh fuck off. Prepare to get destroyed in these. Or you know, don't show up, like you did one of the primary debates and look like an asshole.

 

[atr0cious]

He probably got tired of them telling him he couldn't say certain things during his debate prep.

 

[Chumly]

"I don't want any moderators so I can yell over Hilary when she says something I don't like"

 

[Lord Frieza]

Love how he randomly talks in the third person there.

 

[rjinaz]

Trump wants to dictate the conversation so he doesn't actually have to talk about policy. Shocking. I can imagine his idea of a debate would be allowing him freestyle to just say nasty things about Crooked Hillary for 3 hours.

 

[Betty]

Trump wants to dictate the conversation so he doesn't actually have to talk about policy. Shocking. I can imagine his idea of a debate would be allowing him freestyle to just say nasty things about Crooked Hillary for 3 hours.

Basically yes, he wants to talk over her rather than let her have time to reply.

 

[shattyboombatty]

I CAN NOT wait to watch this debate. Trump put on the spot, asked specifics, squirming under scrutiny. Of course he's just going to deflect criticism and distract people's attention from anything he can't answer (which will be anything other than high his wall will be), because that's all he's good for... but it will still be highly entertaining.

 

[Meowster]

He'd be better off not showing up at all than acting like a baby like this.

 

[Puppet Shadow]

I just hope they cut the mic of the person not speaking so they can't interrupt.

 

[Zackat]

The ratings for this debate are going to be yuuuuge.

 

[Version 3.0]

I wonder how often Trump knows he's lying. I sometimes think he doesn't, that he's so deranged, he actually believes the BS he's spouting. But then he says something like this, and it seems more likely he knows.

 

[Darmstadtium]

All Trump hate aside, I would actually kind of like to watch a debate between the two of them with no moderators. It could be pretty entertaining.

 

[Travo]

So he can talk over Hillary all he wants and spout bullshit without being called out for it.

 

[Smutpeddler]

43% of our nation will vote for this clown. we are devolving into lesser forms of humanity in the course of my generation.

 

[Izuna]

I'm dying to watch this debate. DYING

 

[Darryl M R]

You can't even handle Hillary with her being ill at the moment?

 

[LiquidSword]

Trump isn't going to do the debates. Calling it now

 

[User1608]

Chickenshit coward.

 

[ezrarh]

Is all the sugar making us dumber? Millions of Americans are going to vote for this dude.

 

[D i Z]

There are many ways he can manipulate the outcome of these debates for his base, but he's not weaseling out of discussing policy within a reasonable time frame.
He's not going to be allowed to pull a fox news and interrupt, talk over, raise his voice and distract. And he's not going to be allowed to out right lie without being called out by moderators and his opponent.

 

[Imperfected]

A debate without moderators and rules isn't a debate. It's just an argument.

 

[DontBeThatGuy]

Is all the sugar making us dumber? Millions of Americans are going to vote for this dude.

Probably about 60mil+. It's fucked up.

 

[MIMIC]

That would be a horrible idea for any debate, especially for one where Trump was involved.

 

[iammeiam]

Trump isn't going to do the debates. Calling it now

My secret debate wish is he realizes he's bombing midway through, declares the whole thing rigged, and storms out mid-somebody-correcting-him in a demonstration of how strong/willing to leave the table he is.

 

[Ghostshark]

What a pathetic wretch of a human being. I am looking forward to watching him get stomped into the ground in the debates.

 

[Drakeon]

My secret debate wish is he realizes he's bombing midway through, declares the whole thing rigged, and storms out mid-somebody-correcting-him in a demonstration of how strong/willing to leave the table he is.

I've been secretly hoping that Hillary pisses him off enough for him to say something super misogynistic and just shock everyone.

 

[FrenchMovieTheme]

43% of our nation will vote for this clown. we are devolving into lesser forms of humanity in the course of my generation.

43% of the voting population, not 43% of the nation

 

[johnsmith]

What a whiny little asshole.

 

[rjinaz]

Trump isn't going to do the debates. Calling it now

He'll go, to one. That way he can come out of it saying he was right, it was rigged, he was treated unfair and refuse to do another one.

 

[KingBroly]

That would be a horrible idea for any debate, especially for one where Trump was involved.

It'd get Ratings, at least. People would be insanely curious.

 

[fart town usa]

Sub-par moderation all the same. This man is a complete buffoon.

I wanna see some damn follow up questions for once.

Not a fox news viewer by any means but Chris Wallace said the other day that's it's not his job to be a "truth squad."

What a joke.

 

[Nafai1123]

A debate without moderators and rules isn't a debate. It's just an argument.

In this case it would be an argument between mom Hillary and child Don.

"Why can't I use nukes?"
"Donald, please put the nukes down."
"But whyyyyyyyyyyyy?"
"Donald J. Trump you put those nukes down right now or you're not getting any dessert."