daily news" saying for some bizarre reason people seem to be treating it as a foregone conclusion that trump will participate in general election debates giving democrats the showdown they've been dreaming of since january of 2017. i'm here to bust their bubble. it ain't happening. the likelihood that trump submits himself to three-hour televised sparring matches with the democratic nominee, no matter who it is, is slim to none, in my opinion. why is that? well, he doesn't need them. he's got twitter. he's got his rallies, and he's got russia to help him out. furthermore, debating is not required. other candidates have skipped debates. trump himself did it in 2016 opting out of the fox news republican debate in january. now, should the president of the united states show up to debate so that voters can see a direct contrast between the republican incumbent and democratic nominee? of course, but don't get your hopes up for that dream matchup.