Roger Ailes Is Advising Donald Trump Ahead of Presidential Debates
Mr. Trump’s campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, is not being paid.
.. Mr. Trump said Mr. Ailes was not formally involved in his debate preparations, and chafed at the suggestion that he even needed to prepare for them. “I’ll speak with Roger, but this is not a formal thing,” Mr. Trump said. “I don’t have a debate coach. I’ve never had a debate coach.” He insisted that Mr. Ailes had “no role.”
.. During a prep session, he asked Reagan, who had performed badly in the first debate, how he would handle being asked about his age... He was one of 10 candidates onstage and could often filibuster his way through questions or avoid them entirely as his rivals consumed airtime — an approach that would be untenable in a one-on-one or even a three-way matchup including the Libertarian candidate, Gary Johnson.