Trump Challenges CNN, Fiorina Responds To Insult

The Donald

Donald Trump has an unusual proposal for CNN: He wants the network to donate its profits from next week's Republican primary debate to charity.

"I believe that all profits from this broadcast should go to various VETERANS groups, a list of which I will send to you in the near future," the GOP frontrunner said in a letter to CNN Worldwide president Jeff Zucker.

Trump published the letter on Wednesday morning. He said he's responsible for an expected spike in advertising revenue from the September 16 event. The first debate of the season, on August 6, drew 24 million viewers to Fox News, by far the biggest audience for a primary debate.

A letter to @CNN President Jeff Zucker- pic.twitter.com/HKUYv9tFRm

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 9, 2015

"While I refuse to brag, and as you know very well, this tremendous increase in viewer interest and advertising is due 100% to 'Donald J. Trump,'" Trump wrote.

A CNN spokeswoman declined to comment.

Meanwhile, Donald Trump latest's close-up is coming from the unlikeliest of magazines: Rolling Stone.

When the magazine's cover story came out on Wednesday, the most-talked-about passage was a Trump comment about rival Republican presidential candidate Carly Fiorina.

According to writer Paul Solotaroff, he was sitting with Trump watching a newscast when a video clip zoomed in on Fiorina.

"Look at that face! Would anyone vote for that?" Trump said to Solotaroff. "Can you imagine that, the face of our next president."

Trump added, "I mean, she's a woman, and I'm not s'posedta say bad things, but really, folks, come on. Are we serious?"

"Look at that face!" Shocking quotes from latest @RollingStone profile on @realDonaldTrump. @brianstelter w details: http://t.co/isnKToFjLK

— Anderson Cooper 360° (@AC360) September 10, 2015

 The former Hewlett-Packard chief executive quickly brushed off Trump’s comment on her physical appearance. “I think those comments speak for themselves,” Fiorina told Megyn Kelly on FNC Wednesday night.

“Honestly, Megyn, I’m not going to spend a single cycle wondering what Donald Trump means, but maybe, just maybe, I’m getting under his skin a little bit, because I am climbing in the polls.”