Former President Trump Wednesday softened his ultimatum for a debate with Kamala Harris, suggesting a clash could be on the cards.
A couple of days after insisting a debate would have to be on conservative-leaning Fox News, Trump suggested he really wants to debate Harris regardless of what network hosts it.
“I think Fox would do a really good job,” he said in an interview on Fox. “But two people have to agree.”
“The most important thing is we get a debate,” Trump added. “I want to debate her. I think it’s important for the country that we debate.”
There was no immediate response from the Harris campaign to Trump’s apparent concession that he would have to negotiate the terms of the debate with his rival’s campaign.
Trump also derided Harris as “nasty” and “not a good debater,” without elaborating.
“We’ll see because we’ll be debating her I guess in the pretty near future,” Trump said.
Trump had previously agreed to two debates with former President Biden. The first one on CNN turned into a historic debacle for Biden and eventually led to his decision to pull out of the race and endorse Harris.
The second clash was expected to be on ABC on Sept. 10.
Harris agreed to take Biden’s place for the ABC clash and taunted Trump about his reluctance to face her.
“If you got something to say,” she said at a campaign rally, “say it to my face.”
But Trump has said the debate deal was invalid after Biden left the race.
Trump pronounced last week that he had “agreed” to a Sept. 4 debate with Harris on Fox to be held in front of an arena audience, even though the new Democratic standard bearer has not agreed to any switch.
