The two candidates trade barbs as broadcasters negotiate details of new debates ahead of the November election.

US presidential candidates Donald Trump and Kamala Harris are at odds over their first head-to-head debate, with each in favour of a different broadcaster and date.

  • daikiki@lemmy.world
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    4 months ago

    They’re not at odds. Trump chickened out and now he wants to have a rally on Fox instead of the debate he previously agreed to.

    • DogPeePoo@lemm.ee
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      4 months ago

      Trump is such a pussy. He backed out of debating Bernie Sanders in 2016 as well. He knows when he’s clearly overmatched.

      He’s scared and frankly, weird.

  • dhork@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    4 months ago

    When I woke up, the NYT was reporting that Trump had “accepted” a debate, but when I read the article it was clear that it was about this other debate on Fox. In the time it took me to read the article and go back to the front page, NYT had changed the headline to “proposed”. And several hours later, it’s headline is now “Trump backs out of ABC debate and proposes one with Harris on Fox”. Someone at the NYT has been hard at work this morning,

    If I were Harris, I would publically state that I expected to debate Trump at the originally agreed upon time, and if he wants an extra debate, that’s fine, and the two teams should negotiate acceptable terms. I wouldn’t mind having a second debate, even on Fox, but I would try to make sure that it’s as fair as possible.

    • mad_asshatter@lemmy.worldOP
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      4 months ago

      I would also have the Fox debate moved until after ABC, (so Trump can’t run away), plus force Fox to explain their $750 million settlement immediately before the debate airs, and immediately afterwards.