President Biden said Friday that his decision whether to debate President Trump ahead of Election Day will depend on his opponent’s “actions.”
Biden was asked on Friday, the day after his State of the Union address, whether he would debate Trump, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee.
“It depends on what he does,” Biden said.
Trump calls for debate with Biden ‘anytime, anywhere, anywhere’
Biden’s comments came after President Trump earlier in the week called for a debate “anytime, anywhere, anywhere.”
Trump, the 2024 Republican front-runner and presumptive candidate, announced Wednesday just hours after his previous Republican opponent, former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, suspended campaigning. In the afternoon, he posted his offer on Truth Social.
President Biden said Friday that his decision whether to debate President Trump ahead of Election Day will depend on his opponent’s “actions.” (Getty Images)
“It is important to our nation’s interests that Joe Biden and I discuss issues of vital importance to America and the American people,” President Trump posted Wednesday. “Therefore, I am calling for a debate anytime, anywhere, anywhere! The debate could be run by the corrupt DNC or its subsidiary, the Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD).”
Immediately after President Trump’s invitation on Wednesday, the Biden campaign fired back.
“We know Donald Trump is starving for attention and struggling to expand his appeal beyond MAGA,” Biden campaign communications director Michael Tyler told Fox News Digital. “And that will be something we will discuss at the appropriate time in this cycle.” “But if you want to see President Biden in prime time, there’s no need to wait!”
Split image of Joe Biden at the State of the Union address (Getty Images)
President Trump slams Biden as ‘angry, mentally ill’ during SOTU speech: ‘He did a terrible job’
Mr. Tyler invited Mr. Trump to watch the State of the Union address Thursday night.
Trump provided live coverage during Biden’s speech and responded throughout.
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Biden invoked Trump more than a dozen times in his State of the Union address, but never mentioned him by name. He referred to himself many times as “my predecessor.”
In an exclusive interview with Fox News Digital after the speech, President Trump said that Biden was “suffering from the terminal symptoms of Trump Derangement Syndrome” and that the president was “angry” and “mentally distraught” throughout the speech. Stated.
“He did a terrible job,” Trump said.
