Banning him would help him. He becomes he story. He has also kept his financial powder dry, and no one would hold it aagainst him if he responded by buying a half-hour of prime network time to frame his message as he sees fit.
Actually, all he has to do is accept the ban...go to MSNBC who is doing lousy with it’s prime-time news....and buy an whole hour opposite the next debate....same time.
Then I’d go get Clint Eastwood as my narrator and stage the event with one hundred Americans from the midwest being the ones who actually ask the questions.
After that one episode....the Republicans can wrap up their stupid debate and save themselves money. MSNBC would cream Fox’s coverage hour. And Donald would bask in the sunshine created by this stupid Republican national committee strategy.
“He has also kept his financial powder dry, and no one would hold it aagainst him if he responded by buying a half-hour of prime network time to frame his message as he sees fit.”
Actually he can have the same impact and not give the mainstream media his money for advertising. Trump can set up a live streaming internet feed showing him commenting on the questions and the responses of the other candidates in real time. Then post a recording of his live commentary on the YouTube.
If he does this, he’ll likely have a bigger audience for his streaming commentary than the network does for the actual broadcast of the debate. In fact, Trump might be able to sell his live commentary to a competing network to run concurrent with the debate. Competition is a beautiful thing and Trump knows how to get the most bang for the buck.