Donald Trump will skip another Republican presidential debate on Wednesday night because no one will punish him for not being there . Trump has repeatedly reinvented his Republican Party and the way it picks its presidents as well as crushing norms of presidential conduct . A New York judge on Tuesday underscored the growing threat to Trump from his mountain of legal challenges ruling in a civil case that the expresident and his adult sons were liable for fraud . Trump cannot control his legal fate but his political destiny is still within his hands . The power of his political persona has cowed GOP critics and created a cult of personality that makes him invulnerable to attacks from within the party . Only candidates who barely register in most polls like former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie or former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson who didnt meet the RNCs criteria to participate in this debate have vigorously hammered Trump have hammered Trump . But theres no sign that with another precious month of campaigning gone any candidate is emerging as a meaningful challenger to Trump and his massive lead in the primary polls . It would be a major surprise if one of his rivals used the debate which is effectively a showdown for second place to launch a searing criticism of Trumps . The debate is not a direct attack on Trumps but theyve not risked a directly attack on the expresidents’ growing extremism . Trumps’ own extremism . It is not the same from Trumps. It would not be necessary to attack Trumps or other candidates like DeSantis and Haley. It is a serious threat to Trumps’s critics. Trumps and his rivals. It has been a serious attack on him. It will be a serious mistake. It was a serious problem. It’ll be a big mistake for Trumps
Trump can get away with skipping a debate but can’t evade legal consequences . Trump can
