Trump skipped CPAC because he wanted LONGER speech, and didn’t want a Q&A!

El Trumpo surprised everyone by skipping his big speech at CPAC, and the organization is now saying why the negotiation fell through.

From Politico:

Amid criticism of the relationship with CPAC’s organizers, Trump also bristled at their insistence that he answer questions from a journalist of their choosing onstage after his speech, according to sources familiar with the planning.

“They refused to accept the terms and they asked us to change the terms to allow him to give longer remarks,” said Matt Schlapp, chairman of the American Conservative Union, the group that sponsors CPAC. “And we said no to that.”

An ACU board member added that Trump “didn’t want to answer questions, and he decided he was the frontrunner so he didn’t need to answer them, or even to show up,” said a member of the board member of the American Conservative Union, the group that sponsors CPAC.

The organization went back and forth with Trump’s campaign about the Q&A session, according to the board member.

“Trump thinks everything is negotiable, but this wasn’t,” said the board member, who didn’t want to be identified discussing internal negotiations. “It’s ACU’s policy to have every presidential candidate actually answer questions, not just come and give a stump speech,” the board member said, noting the policy was implemented last year. On Friday, Trump’s rivals Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and Ohio Gov. John Kasich were questioned after their Friday afternoon speeches by Fox News host Sean Hannity. The intent is for “hard questions, but not gotcha questions,” said the board member.

Some people thought that he didn’t like the opposition he heard when he called in to Hannity’s show during CPAC and the crowd booed hm.

As many people said on Twitter, if he can’t negotiate successfully with CPAC, what makes us think he can do that with anyone else?!


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