The current thinking among Donald Trumps campaign advisers and those close to the former president is that he is not planning on participating in next weeks Republican presidential primary debate . The sources say that Trump has not done any debate prep for the debate which is being hosted in Milwaukee by Fox News . Trump has been proposing counterprogramming to the event including sitting down with former Fox News host Tucker Carlson and calling into the different cable news shows . The former president feels like he is in a very strong position to skip the debate after Fox News executives including network president Jay Wallace and chief executive Suzanne Scott traveled to his Bedminster New Jersey golf club last month to persuade him to participate . Fox News did not immediately respond to a request for comment . Five Republican presidential candidates have so far qualified to participate in the debate meaning they have met the unique donor threshold polled well enough in qualifying surveys and signed the pledge to support the eventual nominee . They include Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis former South Carolina governor and US ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy and South Carolina Senator Tim Scott . Former Vice President Mike Pence and former New Jersey Governor Kari Lake Reps. Byron Donalds and Matt Gaetz of Florida and other Republicans in Congress to attend the debate next week . The debate will come just over a week after the former President was indicted for the fourth time . Trump is expected to surrender at some point next week. The indictment included codefendants in addition to the indictment . He is accused of being charged with being the head of a conspiracy to commit to a conspiracy . The indictment includes codefants in total and unindicted coconspirators. The charges include codefenders in total to include codfendants in total of .
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