Donald Trump Flip-Flops Big Time While Debating Himself on ‘The Late Show’

The network accused a member of Trump’s campaign team of wielding a threat against Kelly that suggested she should ask more fair questions of the presidential candidate this time around. Ted Cruz was about “the elephant not in the room” and what Trump was saying to Iowa by not attending the debate like the good boys all had. Later Cruz tried and failed to start a Trump-ish squabble with Fox News but abandoned that tactic when co-moderator Chris Wallace gamely fought back with “it is a debate, sir”.

(AP Photo/Chris Carlson). Jeb Bush, right, talks to Rand Paul during a commercial break at a Republican presidential primary debate, Thursday, Jan. 28, 2016, in Des Moines, Iowa.

Megachurch Pastor Perry Noble says that while he’s not endorsing Trump, he does feel the businessman successfully turned the tables on the Fox News network that hosted the Republican debate Thursday night in Iowa.

Thursday’s debate ranked sixth among the seven GOP debates so far in viewership.

Even with the decline, the debate attracted the second-largest audience in Fox News’ history and was the most watched program in prime time, according to Nielsen.

Donald Trump refused to participate in Fox News’ Republican debate on Thursday, so Stephen Colbert had the bright idea to moderate a debate in which the GOP presidential frontrunner faced off against his “greatest opponent” – himself.

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Trump and Kelly have had an ongoing feud since the first GOP debate in August a year ago during which Kelly confronted the controversial candidate about his disparaging remarks about women, calling them “fat pigs”, “dogs”, and “slobs”.

Trump held his own event – billed as a fundraiser for wounded military veterans – at nearby Drake University and received sporadic live coverage on rival cable news networks CNN and MSNBC.

Viewership has since tapered, with 18 million people watching a CNN-hosted Republican debate in December.

Among people who have watched multiple debates, 41 percent of Republicans said they have only seen GOP debates, while 8 percent of the Democrats said they have only watched the Democrats.