Donald Trump will be all across America this week, except on the debate stage

Former President Donald Trump is scheduled to have his busiest stretch of campaigning this week since launching his bid for a second White House term last fall. But one stop will be notably absent from the GOP front-runner’s schedule: the second Republican primary debate.

While his GOP rivals begin the week preparing for Wednesday’s debate at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California, Trump is taking a dual approach of shoring up support in an early nominating state and wooing swing-state voters who will be vital to his general election prospects if he wins the GOP nod.