# Is there going to be one or more Clinton-Trump debates?

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**Created:** [August 2, 2016, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-going-to-be-one-or-more-clinton-trump-debates/761577 "2016-08-02T19:56:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2016, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-there-going-to-be-one-or-more-clinton-trump-debates/761577/30 "2016-08-03T17:50:03Z")

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> [@elucidator](#):
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> Won’t he get it anyway? Stories about him not debating will take up as much air time as him actually debating.

Exactly! Hell, refusing to debate will probably get him MORE air time than showing up.

Here’s why he shouldn’t debate (from his pov) [pasted from the Khan thread]:

> [@Will Trump survive his treatment of Khizr and Ghazala Khan?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/will-trump-survive-his-treatment-of-khizr-and-ghazala-khan/761463/213):
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> Asymmetrical warfare at its finest. Of course the Khan’s attacked Trump. He’s the Republican candidate for president – it’s the job of the Democratic convention to attack Trump.
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> But it was a trap. The only good response to the Khan’s speech – if any response was required, which it wasn’t – was for Trump to say that he honored the Khan’s sacrifice. And shut up.
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> But no. Donald fell into the trap, pulled out his shovel, and started digging, and piling dirt on his head, and setting his shoes on fire.

I disagree that _Khan’s_ [possessive. In the quote, the poster uses an apostrophe to create a plural, which you much never do, because every time someone does that, a puppy dies. The second appearance of the family’s name should have been _Khans’_] remarks constituted an attack on Trump, but be that as it may, all Hillary has to do is make a couple of incendiary, provocative statements and watch him go off like a Roman candle. He won’t be able to resist. To him, any criticism is an attack.

What SHE needs to to is just light the fuse, step back, and NOT try to shout him down or take any of \*his \*bait. Not sure \*she \*can resist.

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