Trump, in Tucker Carlson interview, says other GOP candidates shouldn't be running
Trump wasted no time attacking other Republican candidates during his pre-taped interview with former Fox News host Carlson.
"I'm saying, do I sit there for an hour or two hours, whatever it's going to be and get harassed by people that shouldn't even be running for president?" Trump said.
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The 46-minute interview -- released on Carlson's X account as the GOP debate got underway -- is being seen among the campaigns as an attempt to counter-program the first debate among 2024 Republican presidential candidates on Fox News.
Read more about the interview here.
-ABC News' Lalee Ibssa , Soo Rin Kim and Meredith Deliso