Trump a no-show
Showman Donald Trump has boycotted the final Republican debate before the state of Iowa makes its choice for the Republican candidate for president. Instead he has put on his own rival show.
Showman Donald Trump has boycotted the final Republican debate before the state of Iowa makes its choice for the Republican candidate for president. Instead he has put on his own rival show.
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Trump a no-show as Republicans debate
To viewers abroad – and to many Americans – the process of electing the country's president is confusing. The campaign goes on for many months before the two main parties even start to choose their nominees in state-by-state primary elections.
Republican presidential candidates (R-L) Ohio Governor John Kasich, Jeb Bush, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX), Ben Carson, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie and Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY) pose for photographers prior to the Fox News - Google GOP Debate January 28, 2016 at the Iowa Events Center in Des Moines, Iowa. Alex Wong/AFP
The first primary election will be held on Monday in Iowa, and because it is the first, it gets a huge amount of attention. This year interest is even higher, especially on the Republican side, since two unusual candidates will find out how attractive they are to actual voters.
One, of course, is Donald Trump, a billionaire business man and a reality TV celebrity. The other is Ted Cruz, a US senator from Texas who has almost no support from Republican leaders, but his anti-government message seems to be popular among many ordinary Republicans.
The big attention-getter has been Donald Trump whose "Make America Great Again" campaign has featured tough talk and insults against anyone who openly opposes him.
Donald Trump (C) knows how to put on a show. Here he looks on with fellow Republican candidate for president, Rick Santorm (L) as Mike Huckabee, another candidate, speaks during a Trump campaign rally raising funds for US military veterans at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa on January 28, 2016. They had just participated in Fox News' preliminary debate./ AFP / William EDWARDS
Today, four days before the Iowa vote, Trump is again the centre of attention, boycotting a nationally- televised debate with the other Republican candidates and holding his own event to, he says, raise money for needy American military veterans.
He is refusing to attend the debate, he says, because its sponsor Fox News is biased against him, particularly female moderator Megyn Kelly, whose tough questions on his attitudes toward women angered him in a previous debate.
Fox News anchor and debate moderator Megyn Kelly is seen on television screens as she asks questions to Republican Presidential candidates as reporters watch the Republican Presidential debate sponsored by Fox News and Google at the Iowa Events Center in Des Moines, Iowa. Joe Raedle/AFP
Will this hurt him or help him with voters? That is the big question political analysts are trying to answer tonight. We'll know for sure after Monday.
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