Candidate debates have always been an important milestone in every US presidential election season for decades, helping to shape or break voters' opinions about the candidates' demeanor as well as their policies. Surname.
But President Biden 's election campaign has for months made no commitment that he is willing to maintain this tradition, which is often held in front of an audience with a famous journalist at the helm.
"I'd be happy if I could debate with him... Yes, debate somewhere. I don't know when," Mr. Biden told radio host Howard Stern on April 26, according to AFP.
Mr. Trump , who once accused the current US president of using the judicial system to sabotage his bid for the White House, quickly responded. The former president said he was ready to debate "fraudulent Joe Biden...anywhere, anytime, anyplace".
Mr. Trump proposed holding debates at his campaign rallies in the midwestern state of Michigan next week, or as early as the evening of April 26.
In a post on his social media platform Truth Social, Mr. Trump complained that he was "stuck with one of the many court proceedings that (Mr. Biden) instigated to intervene against his opponent." politics during election season - a relentless witch hunt".
"Actually, let's argue in court tonight - on national television, I'll be waiting!", Mr. Trump wrote. The 45th President of the United States this week appeared in court in New York in a criminal proceeding accusing him of using "hush money" for a former porn star before the 2016 election.
Viewing Mr. Trump as a threat to democracy, Mr. Biden told reporters last month that debating with his predecessor "depends on his behavior."
The Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD), a non-partisan organization, has arranged 3 days with 3 different locations at universities across the US for Mr. Trump and Mr. Biden to face off, in September and September. October.
But Mr. Trump criticized the CPD for favoring Mr. Biden because before the most recent election in 2020, the CPD planned to move the third and final debate to an online format in the context of a pandemic. Covid-19 epidemic.
Mr. Trump, then president, appeared in the second debate with Mr. Biden just three days before testing positive for Covid-19. Mr. Biden at the time said he would not participate in another in-person debate with Mr. Trump if his opponent was still sick.
A duel could be a useful opportunity for both the current and former owners of the White House to show their endurance, in a context where both make the public skeptical because of age and health issues.
Source: Thanh Nien Newspaper