Donald Trump said on Monday that the system is being “gamed” ahead of the upcoming presidential debates, likening the situation to legendary basketball coach Bobby Knight working the referees and broaching the possibility of taking on Hillary Clinton with no moderator whatsoever.
“The system is being gamed, because everybody said that I won the so-called forum,” Mr. Trump said on CNBC’s “Squawk Box,” referring to a recent military forum in which NBC’s Matt Lauer questioned Mrs. Clinton and Mr. Trumpin separate, back-to-back segments.
“But they all said I won, and that Matt Lauer was easy on me,” Mr. Trump said. “Well, he wasn’t. I thought he was very professional, I have to be honest. I think he’s been treated very unfairly.”
“What they’re doing is they’re gaming the system so that when I go into the debate, I’m going to … be treated very, very unfairly by the moderators,” he said. – READ MORE
