Nikki Haley, Ron DeSantis, Mike Pence, Chris Christie, Doug Burgum, Tim Scott, Asa Hutchinson and Vivek Ramaswamy to appear as ex-US president skips debate
Donald Trump is leading the Republican primary field, but rather than participate in tonight’s debate, he has sat for an interview with Tucker Carlson – a conservative commentator whose views are often aligned with the former president’s.
Expect their interview, which airs on Twitter (also known as X) at 8.55am eastern time, five minutes before the debate starts, to be a particularly friendly encounter. Carlson, who was booted from his primetime spot on Fox News earlier this year, has released a teaser that indicates he asked Trump about everything from his legal troubles to the death of Jeffrey Epstein:
