Trump says he’ll watch Democratic debate while en route to Japan ‘because I have to’

President Trump on Wednesday said he will watch the first Democratic presidential primary debate while traveling to Japan for the Group of 20 summit despite calling it a “very unexciting group of people.”

“Everyone said I’ll be tweeting. I’ll actually be in a plane, and it just seems very boring, but I’m going to watch it because I have to,” Trump said on Fox Business Network.{mosads}

“Do I want to watch it? Do I want to watch these people?” he added. “It’s a very unexciting group of people.”

The president went on to criticize the Democratic front-runner, former Vice President Joe Biden, calling him a “lost soul.”

“He doesn’t know where he is, I don’t think,” Trump said. “He’s changing his views rapidly.”

Trump is scheduled to depart for Japan on Wednesday afternoon, with the first debate taking place at 9 p.m. EDT. The president will still be en route to Osaka, but he has tweeted from Air Force One before.

The first night of the debates will include Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), former Rep. Beto O’Rourke (D-Texas), Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio (D).

Thursday’s debate will include Biden, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) and South Bend, Ind., Mayor Pete Buttigieg (D).