While former communications director Stephanie Grisham agreed her former boss wouldn't look presidential at this week's Republican primary debate, she warned he has to be careful as he moves forward that he doesn't appear holier than the other candidates.
Speaking to CNN's Jim Acosta, with former Homeland Security Adviser to Mike Pence, Olivia Troye, Grisham explained that Trump's poll numbers might have him winning, but he shouldn't take it all for granted.
"I think there's two schools of thought: the strategist in me would tell him not to do it," Grisham said of the debates. "He is so far ahead. Why go up there and get such a contrast between these other candidates and himself which I think they would show him to be, most of them, a lot more presidential than he is? However, I do think by skipping so many events he is starting to seem like he is above it all and that is not a good thing, especially in a Republican primary. You have people, as you played in the clip really want to meet and say hello and hear from the candidates. So, I think in a way if he continues down this path it will be a mistake."...
