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Why did Donald Trump skip another Republican debate? Sarah is sent to Michigan instead of California as Trump and Joe Biden race to show their solidarity with striking car factory workers.

Marc Lotter, who ran the comms on Trump\'s last campaign and was press secretary for Vice-President Mike Pence, tells the Americast team about the ex-president\'s re-election strategy.

He gives his take on why Trump doesn\'t need to debate his Republican rivals, which vice-presidential pick could help put him back into the Oval Office, and the only thing that could stop Trump from winning the Republican nomination.

HOSTS:\\n\\u2022 Sarah Smith, North America editor\\n\\u2022 Katty Kay, US special correspondent\\n\\u2022 Marianna Spring, disinformation and social media correspondent\\n\\u2022 Anthony Zurcher, North America correspondent

GUEST:\\n\\u2022 Marc Lotter, Donald Trump\'s 2020 campaign communications director

GET IN TOUCH:\\n\\u2022 Join our online community: https://discord.gg/qSrxqNcmRB\\n\\u2022 Send us a message or voice note via WhatsApp to +44 330 123 9480\\n\\u2022 Email Americast@bbc.co.uk\\n\\u2022 Or use #Americast

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This episode was made by Catherine Fusillo, Claire Betzer and Hayley Clarke. The technical producer was Gareth Jones. The series producer is Daniel Wittenberg.

CLIP CREDITS:\\n\\u2022 CBS Sports Network\\n\\u2022 Fox Business

BBC SOUNDS CHAPTERS:\\n0:05 \\u2013 Taylor Swift at the NFL\\n6:55 \\u2013 Trump skips another Republican debate\\n13:14 \\u2013 Marc Lotter interview\\n32:40 \\u2013 Is a government shutdown looming?