Trump asks why he should attend debate when he has a huge lead over opponents

Speaking to Fox News's Maria Bartiromo on Sunday, former President Donald Trump seemed doubtful about attending the first GOP primary debate scheduled for August.

"When you have a big lead, you don’t do it," he said.

"You’re leading by 50 and 60 points, you say, why would you be doing a debate?" Trump continued. "Why would you let somebody that’s at 0 or 1 or 2 or 3 be popping you with questions?"

Trump currently has an average of 53% in polls according to RealClearPolitics, compared to DeSantis' 20.6%. Every other candidate is in single digits behind the two frontrunners.

The former president said he wasn't concerned that skipping the debate would give DeSantis a chance to catch up to him in polling.

"Or somebody else has a good night and cuts into his lead, because that’s what’s happening. He’s going down, and a couple of them are going up," he said of DeSantis.