Photo Illustration by Elizabeth Brockway/The Daily Beast/GettyWelcome to Trail Mix, a fun but nutritious snack for your election news diet. See something interesting on the trail? Email me at jake.lahut@thedailybeast.com.This week, we examine a less discussed reason for Trump to chicken out on the first GOP debate. Plus, a GOP senate candidate who denounced Trump in 2016 flirts with far-right extremists, Nikki Haley blasts out potentially the most offensive map of China imaginable, and North Car
Fox News is furiously trying to talk former President Trump into showing up for the first GOP presidential debate later this month in August. The effort was reflected throughout the network’s programming on Thursday, where several figures made the argument on air for why Trump shouldn’t skip the debate on Fox. “Thinking of the big…
Former President Trump had dinner Tuesday with top executives at Fox News who asked him to consider attending the first Republican primary debate later this month, according to a new report. The dinner, which The New York Times reported took place at Trump’s Bedminster, N.J., Golf Club, was with Fox News CEO Suzanne Scott and…