of the united nations but you can't take the united nations out of the ambassador. we don't need another mealy-mouthed politician who just tells you what she thinks you want to hear just to try to get your vote and then get in office and do her donor's bidding. >> reporter: while other candidates continued to pitch their arguments to voters, former president donald trump attending closing arguments of his civil fraud trial in new york, a day after again refusing to debate the other candidates and instead taking the stage alone on fox news. >> we're going to make this country so successful again i'm not going to have time for retribution. >> reporter: desantis and haley largely avoided sustained attacks on the former president. >> i think he was the right president at the right time. i agree with a lot of his policies, but his way is not my way. >> if trump is the nominee, it's going to be january 6th, legal issues, criminal trials. the democrats and the media would love to run with that. >> reporter: all of this unfolding just hours after former new jersey governor chris christie dropped out of the race