From May 18—Headline (paywall):
A debate offer by President Joe Biden posted in a video on X on May 15, was accepted within the hour by a reply post on Truth Social by former President Donald Trump.
President Biden said in a 15-second video that he won two debates against President Trump in 2020, stating “since then he hasn’t shown up” for another debate.
President Trump responded, noting that in his opinion that President Biden is the “worst” debater he had ever faced and that the current president “can’t put two sentences together.”
“Now he’s acting like he wants to debate me again,” President Biden said in the video. “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.”
“It’s time for a debate so that he can explain to the American People his highly destructive Open Border Policy, new and ridiculous EV Mandates, the allowance of Crushing Inflation, High Taxes, and his really WEAK Foreign Policy, which is allowing the World to ‘Catch on Fire.’ I am Ready and Willing to Debate Crooked Joe at the two proposed times in June and September,” President Trump said in his post on Truth Social.
A few thoughts. First, its not a good sign that the debate will be hosted "by news organizations." These organizations always skew left and are guaranteed to treat Trump unfairly. It's time for Biden to get a taste of that medicine and have a debate hosted by the likes of Fox (but not with a Chris Wallace-style host) or by someone like Joe Rogan, who could run an informal-but-fair discussion with his own input spicing up the proceedings. Second, this doesn't sound as if Biden is ready to step aside and let someone else be the Democrat nominee for president this election cycle. Third, my boss remarked that, bad moderator or not, Biden won't be able to hide his own gaffes and his own trouble putting ideas together. I suspect, though, that as with his State of the Union address, he'll be hopped up on something before coming out onstage—something to keep him semi-coherent (last time, a lot of people online joked, "Adderall!"), and I hope Trump calls him out on that. Heh: maybe a drug test should be a requirement before either man appears before the public.
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