newt gingrich and rick santorum have also declined .
i spoke with donald trump earlier today and indicated that we just ca n’t make this debate and we foe cuts on the other two we ’ ve got and some campaigning .
tuesday afternoon , romney told fox news ’ neil cavuto that , without a doubt , he will not be a part of that debate .
have a look at the segment , via fox news : december 06 , 2011 mitt romney said that he called donald trump to tell him that he will not be participating in the trump - moderated debate that was proposed for late december .
the rest of the month is going to be spent campaigning , doing the political work you have to do to get the support of people in iowa and new hampshire , south carolina , florida , so we ’ll be hitting the trail .
we have two debates in december i have agreed to participate in .
former massachusetts governor mitt romney is the latest gop presidential hopeful to announce he will not be participating in the december 27th debate schedule to be moderated by donald trump .
“ he understood my perspective and wished me well , ” romney added .
no , i ’ m not participating .