Pres. Trump — I'm Not Debating Any Of The Three Republican Challengers — It's A Publicity Stunt

President Trump said on Monday that he would not debate any of the three Republicans who have stepped forward to challenge him for his party’s 2020 presidential nomination.

“They’re all at less than 1 percent. I guess it’s a publicity stunt,” Trump told reporters gathered at the White House.

“I’m not looking to give them any credibility,” Trump said about former Illinois Rep. Joe Walsh, former South Carolina Rep. Mark Sanford and former Massachusetts Gov. Bill Weld, all of whom say they plan to take on the president for the GOP nomination. “They have no credibility. One was a person that voted for Obama, ran as a vice president four years ago and was soundly defeated. Another one got thrown out after one term in Congress and he lost in a landslide, and the third one, ‘Mr. Tallahassee Trail’ or ‘Mr. Appalachian Trail,’ he’s the Appalachian Trail, right? The Tallahassee Trail is nice, too, but I think he was the Appalachian Trail, but he wasn’t on the Appalachian Trail, he was in Argentina.”