In September, Donald Trump, the Republican candidate for president, suggested three presidential debates on three different TV networks. One of them was an ABC News debate that he had dropped out of before Vice President Biden dropped out of the race.
On Thursday, Trump told reporters at his Florida resort, Mar-a-Lago, that his team has agreed to three debates that will be held by Fox News, ABC News, and NBC News alike. The only one that the Harris team has agreed to attend is the one on September 10 that will be hosted by ABC News.
That debate on ABC News on September 10 was “terminated,” Trump said last week. He said he’d instead debate on Fox News on September 4. He agreed that she would be there on September 10th, and Vice President Kamala Harris said she would be.
But on Thursday, Trump said that the ABC News discussion on September 10 is still going to happen, and a campaign adviser confirmed the date. Trump said on Fox News that the discussion would happen on September 4, but Harris hasn’t agreed to that date yet. A Trump campaign adviser also said that the NBC News discussion that Trump agreed to take place is on September 25.
“So we have those three dates and those networks, they’re very anxiously awaiting that date and those dates,” Trump said in Mar-a-Lago. “That leaves September 4, September 10, and September 25.” Once we talked to the network’s leaders, we got confirmation on everything except a few small points.
Trump said that the “other side,” which he meant to mean the Harris campaign, “has to agree to the terms.” He also said that the audience makeup and place have not been decided yet.
Trump said, “We think we should have three debates.”
Plus, Trump said that next month, CBS News would hold a vice presidential debate. He said that his running mate, Ohio Sen. JD Vance, has “really stepped up, he’s doing a fantastic job.” The Harris team has agreed to the vice presidential debate in the past. The teams for both Harris and Trump have been invited by CBS News to take part in vice presidential and presidential debates.
Late in June, during the first discussion between Trump and Biden, Mr. Biden officially dropped out of the race, and Harris took his place as the Democratic presidential nominee.
