so I'm going to stay home and pout."
lol. If you call fundraising for wounded veterans pouting (i.e. actually making a difference instead of bickering about things that will never get done)...
If that were the case, then how come he didn't do that at all the last X-amount of debates he attended? No, he's intimidated by Megyn Kelly and doesn't want to be treated "badly" again. He's exploiting veterans for the optics: to give his supporters the impression that he cares more about veterans than being in the company of "lightweight losers" on the debate stage, and of course, they'll eat it right up as proof of how he's going to "make America great again." Him not being on the debate stage to defend himself, however, does make him look weak to the average voter, but Trump's supporters are NOT your average voter.