Trump is an inveterate braggart, but when he was president he often – not always, but often – actually delivered the goods. To me it’s obvious that views don’t mean much and in particular a very significant number of the people watching his Tucker interview might be Trump-haters shouting expletives at their screens. But what’s that old saying? “There is no such thing as bad publicity.”

I didn’t watch the Trump interview. I’ve been saturated with Trump for eight years, and I don’t need to watch another sit-down with Carlson, who rubs me the wrong way. I think I’m very very familiar with Trump. But I was unfamiliar with many of the other candidates, and curious, so I watched the debate instead.

[I read the transcript of the Trump-Carlson interview, and there wasn’t really anything newsy about it. It plowed the same ground as Trump usually covers in his rallies or on social media. Tucker didn’t bother to ask any tough questions, so the result was mainly a rehash of the Trump “saturation,” other than Tucker’s weird personal attack on Chris Wallace. — Ed]