I figure he'll chicken out.
I go back and forth on this.
My guess is that he won't avoid the debates, that he believes that his standard wild hyperbole, arm-waving and vague platitudes will win him the day.
Remember - this isn't new for him, this is the way he has been all his life. He just mauls people with the force of his personality, the ultimate bull in the china shop. He has virtually no self-awareness and
really does think people are buying everything he's saying.
He's certainly a fascinating psychological study.
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