Former United States President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and Democratic opponent Kamala Harris are set to face each other in a debate on September 10 on ABC. This will be the first face-to-face matchup between the rivals after US President Joe Biden dropped out of the presidential election race and endorsed Harris.
In a news conference at his Palm Beach, Florida, residence, Trump said he wanted additional debates ahead of the November 5 presidential elections. He proposed debates on September 4 and September 25 that would air on Fox and NBC.
Trump said at a news conference at his Mar-a-Lago residence that he had "agreed" to debate Harris three times, with dates and host TV networks -- September 4 on Fox, September 10 on NBC, and September 25 on ABC. "I look forward to the debates because I think we have to set the record straight,” Trump said, as quoted by news agency IANS.
Trump mixed up the dates, and the correct proposed dates were September 4 on Fox, September 10 on ABC, and September 25 on NBC, IANS reported, citing media reports.
The former President also stated that CBS will host a debate between J.D. Vance, the Republican nominee for Vice President, and Tim Walz, the Democratic rival.
ABC has confirmed the September 10 debate. The Harris campaign had not commented on the other two proposed debates yet.
The September 10 debate on ABC was the second of the two debates Trump and President Joe Biden had settled on. Trump dithered about it after Biden dropped out, and the former President said he would agree to a debate in September if it was hosted by Fox, which got him criticised by the Harris campaign.
Former Vice President Harris accused him of trying to avoid debating her. The first debate of the 2024 presidential election cycle took place between Biden and Trump on June 27, and it was hosted by CNN.
Biden's disappointing performance in the debate ended his re-election bid after he was put under pressure by fellow Democrats to pull out of the election race. He announced his decision to step down as presidential candidate on July 21 and endorsed Harris.