The current President of the United States of America made the announcement in response to a question from radio host Howard Stern during an interview on his program “The Howard Stern Show” in New York.
The President of the United States, Democrat Joe Biden, announced this Friday, April 26, that he is available to participate in a television debate with Republican Donald Trump, his opponent in the November presidential elections, changing the position he has maintained until now .
It is the first time that Biden has explicitly said that he is willing to face Trump on television, as he had previously avoided committing to this availability and conditioned his participation in debates on the Republican candidate’s behavior.
Biden made the announcement in response to a question from radio host Howard Stern during an interview on his program “The Howard Stern Show” in New York.
When Stern asked Biden if he would participate in a debate with his predecessor about the November elections, the White House leader replied: “I will participate, somewhere, I don’t know when, but I will be happy to debate with him.”
Until now, Biden’s campaign had questioned Trump’s ability to respect rules established in a possible debate and his campaign had not finalized any plans in that regard.
The North American President’s announcement comes in the face of great pressure from the country’s main media outlets, such as the Associated Press agency and the television networks CBS, CNN, Fox and ABC, which this month revealed an open letter urging Biden and Trump to participate in debates before the elections.
Trump also addressed the debates on several occasions and said he was willing to participate in a face-to-face meeting with Biden “at any time and place”, despite the fact that during the Republican primaries he refused to confront opponents from his own party.
As soon as Biden’s announcement was revealed, one of the Republican candidate’s advisors, Chris LaCivita, wrote on Platform X: “Alright, let’s organize!”
In the United States, the debates are organized by the nonpartisan Commission on Presidential Debates, which has already scheduled three presidential debates for September and October in Texas, Virginia and Utah.
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