USA Elections 2024 Trump and Harris face off in TV duel in September
The two US presidential candidates Donald Trump and Kamala Harris want to compete against each other in their first TV duel in September.
09.08.2024, 06:11
13.08.2024, 14:21
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The television station ABC announced that the Republican and the Democrat had both agreed to a debate on September 10 (local time/September 11 CEST). Trump and Democratic US President Joe Biden had previously agreed on the date before Biden withdrew from the race and Harris stepped in.
In the meantime, however,Trump had suggested a different date at a different broadcaster as an alternative. At a press conference at his Mar-a-Lago estate in the state of Florida, the Republican now declared that he wanted to take part in a total of three debates against Harris. His team had agreed dates with two other television stations for September 4 (September 5 according to German time) and September 25 (September 26 according to German time).
Harris said on the sidelines of a campaign tour in the state of Michigan, according to journalists traveling with her, that she was glad that Trump had finally agreed to a debate on September 10. She was open to talking about another debate. She was not more specific.
Trump went on to say that a debate between the two vice-presidential candidates, J.D. Vance and Tim Walz, was also planned. He did not name a possible date for this.
In recent days, Trump and Harris had publicly tussled over a date for a TV debate and accused each other of ducking out of fear of the other.
At his press conference in Mar-a-Lago, Trump once again sharply attacked Harris, denigrating her as incompetent and stupid and saying, among other things: "She's not smart enough to hold a press conference."
