Trump's advisors admit they have no idea what he'll do at tonight's debate


The question of how volatile billionaire Donald Trump will be at tonight's first Republican primary debate is no doubt of interest to other GOP contenders — for whom this Washington Post guide to debating Trump may come in handy — but also to Trump's own campaign staff.
"I have no idea what to expect," a top Trump advisor said to ABC News. "I'm just as clueless as you about what he'll do." Much of this mystery comes from the fact that "Trump doesn't rehearse," so his staff has not had an opportunity to hear his responses to prep questions.
Trump himself says he is hoping for a night with "no conflict, no infighting" because he is going to "keep it on a high level" out of respect for his fellow candidates. Perhaps he prefers to save his best material for Twitter.
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Bonnie Kristian was a deputy editor and acting editor-in-chief of TheWeek.com. She is a columnist at Christianity Today and author of Untrustworthy: The Knowledge Crisis Breaking Our Brains, Polluting Our Politics, and Corrupting Christian Community (forthcoming 2022) and A Flexible Faith: Rethinking What It Means to Follow Jesus Today (2018). Her writing has also appeared at Time Magazine, CNN, USA Today, Newsweek, the Los Angeles Times, and The American Conservative, among other outlets.
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