Washington CNN —President Joe Biden said he will debate former President Donald Trump ahead of this year’s election, the clearest declaration yet of his willingness to face-off with his Republican rival before voters cast ballots in November.
I don’t know when,” Biden said when asked by interviewer Howard Stern whether he planned to debate his predecessor.
“I’m happy to debate him.”It’s the first time Biden has said explicitly he would debate Trump in this election cycle.
Some of Biden’s aides have questioned whether Trump would abide by established rules in any potential debate, and before Friday his campaign hadn’t set out any specific debate plan.
Biden had responded to Trump’s calls for earlier debates in February, telling reporters: “If I were him, I’d want him to debate me, too.
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