Trump claimed that only 2 million would have watched the FoxNews debate if . . . .

Jake Tapper (CNN) took a phone interview from Trump,  Sunday morning during the six am hour.  In that interview,  the delusional Donald Trump claimed that Fox's record debate attendance was due to his appearance in that debate;  24 million watched the second debate of the evening   . . . . . . .   that without him in the mix,  Fox News would have had only 2 million viewers for the debate.  

Problem:  the earlier debate,  with seven participants,  many with low name recognition and no Trump,  scored more than 6 million viewers for the evening,  the third largest attendance in Fox history.  

Let's do the math:  If Trump is drawing 25% of primary Republicans,  at this time,   without his presence,  that second debate would have scored an attendance of 18 million. In view of the earlier debate's wild success,  there is no question that the second debate was going to smash ratings   . . . . .    and it did,  with or without Trump.  

His campaign manager,  who quit Trump on Friday,  understands that Trump is on a delusional track,  that he is spinning out of control   . . . . .   if we are to believe his own words.  So,  there you have it from an insider.  

Trump is a pig when it comes to women,  and a ruthless realitor who sees "bankruptcy" as a tool to escape those mean lenders and further his own self-centered interests.  Understand that a bankruptcy  (and he has taken four business deals into bankruptcy) is all about giving lenders who were promised fair treatment,  the shaft.  He has cost the jobs of thousands of employees,  and has thumbed his nose at millions and millions of debt,  debt he begged for and received.  Nothing honorable about the man,  I do not care if a bankruptcy is fair business practice.  I am convinced that a second,  a third,  and a fourth bankruptcy constitute the way the man does business,  and,  again,  "business smarts" have nothing to do with honor and a man's word.