US Presidential Election 2024: Donald Trump challenges Joe Biden to debate after jilting Republican rivals
2024 general election. “It is important, for the Good of our Country, that Joe Biden and I Debate Issues that are so vital to America, and the American People," Trump wrote Wednesday in a post on his social media platform Truth Social. “Therefore, I am calling for Debates, ANYTIME, ANYWHERE, ANYPLACE!" Trump’s desire to debate comes hours after his final Republican rival, Nikki Haley, dropped out of the race, marking the start of the longest general presidential election in recent history.
The former president skipped out on five primary debates despite one of his opponents, Chris Christie, calling him a “chicken" for failing to show up. The Biden campaign did not immediately respond to a request to comment. Trump’s call for debates comes a day before Biden, 81, is set to give the final State of the Union address of his term, where the president will be outlining his second-term agenda.
Trump, who is 77, has berated Biden on the campaign trail, questioning his mental acuity and mocking him for verbal gaffes and physical stumbles. The former president himself, however, is not immune to mistakes at the podium, including a recent speech where he erroneously mixed up Haley and former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. The non-partisan Commission on Presidential Debates has already announced dates for three debates in September and October, and a single debate for the vice-presidential candidates.
Biden and Trump debated each other twice in 2020. One forum was canceled because Trump was diagnosed with Covid. Milestone Alert!
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