“This could only help Trump court Sander’s voters”
Very astute, but you knew that.
I’m obviously not as astute. How does Trump engaging a crazy socialist who has nothing to lose by a full frontal attack on Trump help Trump gain the support of Bernie’s socialist supporters? Unless Trump is savvy enough to show how wrong Crazy Bernie is by refuting Bernie’s arguments with the realities and subtleties of liberty and freedom. But I’m not sure Trump is tuned into that and even if he was, how many of Bernie’s supporters would change their minds based on Trump actually winning the debate?
More likely is Trump will not argue for the value and advantage of reinstating the Constitution as the rule of law against the feds and socialism even though that is exactly the argument. So it will not be a real “debate” and apparently everyone knows it is more of a political ploy.
And one has to wonder, what kind of MSM setup could most help Bernie and hurt Trump, the caveat being which do the MS want to hurt more, Bernie or Trump?
It’s intriguing, not without possible pitfalls, but I’m not sure how this will bring Bernie supporters to Trump.