President Joe Biden challenged Donald Trump to a debate in a video on Wednesday, and in a matter of hours — with little back and forth — the two presumptive presidential nominees seemed to have settled on a date and TV network for their first debate.
“Donald Trump lost two debates to me in 2020 and since then he hasn’t shown up to debate. Now he’s acting like he wants to debate me again,” Biden said in the video, which was posted to X, formerly Twitter.
“Well, make my day, pal. I’ll even do it twice. So let’s pick the dates, Donald. I hear you’re free on Wednesdays,” Biden said, referring to the day that Trump has off from his hush money trial in New York City.
Not long after posting the video, Biden said on social media that he accepted an invitation from CNN for a June 27 debate: “Over to you, Donald. As you said: anywhere, any time, any place.”
And Trump responded that he was in, though the details of the meeting still need to be ironed out.
Biden’s campaign proposed two general election debates to be held in June and September prior to the start of early voting. The campaign also said it wanted the debates hosted by news organizations rather than by the Commission on Presidential Debates because the schedule of three debates the commission proposed occurred after the start of early voting, an objection also raised by Trump’s campaign.
Trump skipped a 2020 presidential debate when the organizers announced it would be held virtually amid the COVID-19 pandemic, though he and Biden still faced each other twice prior to the last election. The former president also skipped the 2024 GOP primary debates.
But in recent months, Trump has been taunting Biden on the campaign trail, calling for more debates than usual and placing an empty lectern on the stage at his rallies to represent where Biden could stand.
“Anytime, anyplace,” Trump said of debating Biden at a rally earlier this year.
Trump also suggested a presidential debate at the courthouse in New York City, where he is on trial for falsifying business records related to hush money paid to silence adult film star Stormy Daniels.
Trump has been occupied with the proceedings every day of the week except Wednesday, when the trial is not in session.
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