'Republicans should not debate': Trump hopes GOP will 'unite' around him

Donald Trump on Friday came out swinging at the upcoming third Republican presidential debate.

Trump, who refused to attend the first two GOP debates and has planned a mega MAGA rally to take place at the same time as the third, has remained steadfastly against the idea of the other Republican candidates attending the debates. Because he is so far ahead in the polls, he argues, the debates are useless.

Trump took that concept even further on Friday, initially insulting his chief competitor, Ron DeSantis.

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"Wow! Looks like Ron DeSanctimonious has fallen to 3rd place, and heading down, in his ridiculous run to be President," Trump wrote on his Truth Social network. "Destroying Social Security and Medicare hasn’t exactly helped him! In the important Emerson Poll, he’s dropped to 8%, 51 Points behind his favorite President, ME."

Trump went on to attack Nikki Haley as "Birdbrain," saying she "may be even worse, is fighting it out with others for a very distant 2nd place. "

"The last debate was the lowest rated debate in history. The next and probably last one, in Miami, will do even worse," the ex-president wrote. "Republicans should not debate, they should UNITE in defeating the WORST & MOST INCOMPETENT ADMINISTRATION IN THE HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!"