The first debate a key moment in any presidential primary is also taking place in the middle of a week in which Trumps legal troubles will once again take center stage . Trump has already taped an interview with Tucker Carlson the fired former Fox News host two sources familiar with the matter told Monday . Fox News informed the Trump campaign on Monday that they will no longer provide credentials to some surrogates of the former president to attend the debate . Some of Trumps surrogates are credentialed through outside media groups and will not be impacted . Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday said Trump owes it to people to debate arguing voters even those who appreciate the former presidents record will be angry over his decision to skip the the first showdown . The Florida governor also continued to distance himself from a memo from the super PAC Never Back Down which last week advised him to hammer entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy and defend Trump if he is attacked by former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie . Nikki Haley said Monday that she would be a target for the debate. The former South Carolina and US ambassador to the United Nations under Trump under Ramwamy is completely wrong for his call to reduce US military aid to Israel during an interview to reduce the military aid package to Israel . The former US Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley attacked Ramawamy last week. She said he would cut off extra US aid in Israel after an interview. She also said he is completelywrong to reduce U.S. military aid. She has claimed that he would reduce US aid. The US. military. and said he was completely wrong. This is a completely wrong to reduce military assistance. She would cut U.M. military assistance to Israel’s current aid. This
Trump seeks to steer attention away from first 2024 GOP debate as rivals make final preparations for
