Donald Trump explained his rationale for not taking the stand in his hush money trial despite saying for months he would be willing to do so, The Hill reports.

Said Trump: “Because he made rulings that makes it very difficult to testify. Anything I did, anything I did in the past they can bring everything up. And you know what, I’ve had a great past.”

He added: “The other reason is because they have no case. In other words, why testify when they have no case… There’s no crime … so when you say, ‘Why not testify,’ they have no case, other than it’s a corrupt system.”

Yeah. tfg bowing out of the first debate will somehow play well and to his advantage.