Kamala Harris and Donald Trump have been engaged in a public tug-of-war for days over a date for a TV debate. Now they have found one – and Trump suddenly wants two more.
The two US presidential candidates Donald Trump and Kamala Harris want to face each other in their first TV duel in September. The television station ABC announced that the Republican and the Democrat had both agreed to a debate on September 10 (local time/September 11 CEST). The date had already been agreed upon by Trump and the Democratic US President Joe Biden before Biden withdrew from the race and Harris took his place.
In the meantime, however, Trump had suggested another date with another broadcaster as an alternative. Now, at a press conference at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida, the Republican declared that he wanted to take part in a total of three debates against Harris. His team had agreed dates with two other television stations for September 4 (September 5 according to German time) and September 25 (September 26 according to German time).
According to journalists traveling with her, Harris said on the sidelines of a campaign tour in the state of Michigan that she was glad that Trump had finally agreed to a debate on September 10. She was open to talking about another debate. She did not get more specific.
Trump also said that a debate between the two vice presidential candidates, JD Vance and Tim Walz, was planned. He did not give a possible date for this.
In recent days, Trump and Harris have been engaged in a public tug-of-war over a date for a TV debate and have accused each other of ducking out of fear of the other.
At his press conference in Mar-a-Lago, Trump once again sharply attacked Harris, denigrating her as incompetent and stupid and saying, among other things, “She’s not smart enough to give a press conference.”
