Former President Donald Trump dined with Fox executives at his Bedminster golf club during which Fox News president Jay Wallace and the networks chief executive Suzanne Scott encouraged him to participate in the first presidential debate the network is hosting later this month . Trump did not commit to participating in the debate which will take place in Milwaukee . Trump has privately and publicly floated skipping either one or both of the first two Republican presidential primary debates and pointed to his commanding lead in the polls as one reason he is hesitant to share the stage with his GOP challengers . Some worry that an absent Trump would give an opportunity for a lower tier candidate to have a breakout moment . Murdoch tried to shine a bright light on Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis while casting the former president on the sidelines but the campaign has struggled since it officially got off the ground this year . Last month Murdoch debuted a new Fox News lineup comprised of proTrump propagandists a move that seemed to acknowledge Trumps likely selection as the Republican Party’s presidential nominee . The New York Times first reported on the dinner. Trump was also noncommittal on his plans during this meeting with Fox News . Trump was indicted for a third time on Tuesday night for a second time in a federal indictment by the federal indictment of him in the federal court on Monday night and said he would not be allowed to speak to the public again . Trump had been indicted for another federal court . He has been indicted again for a federal judge on a federal charge of a federal count of $100,000 in October. He was indicted again. He has also been indicted. He is accused of being indicted again in a separate federal count. He had been accused of sexual assault. He said he has been convicted of sexual assaulting a federal sexual assault
Fox executives encourage Trump to participate in first GOP presidential primary debate . Fox executives encouraged Trump
