GREENVILLE, S.C. – Former President Donald Trump says he is ready to face President Biden on the debate stage.
Trump, a leading candidate in the 2024 Republican race, on Tuesday renewed his call for Biden to debate this year as a rematch of the 2020 presidential election approaches.
At a Fox News town hall in Greenville, South Carolina, when moderator Laura Ingraham asked him if he intended to challenge the president to a debate, Trump immediately replied, “I’ll do it right now on your show.” I’m going to challenge him right now.” . ”
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Former President Donald Trump sits in a town hall hosted by Laura Ingraham on Fox News’ “The Ingraham Angle” on February 20, 2024 in Greenville, South Carolina. (Paul Steinhauser – FOX News)
And during an appearance on “The Ingraham Angle” in front of a live audience of several hundred people, Trump added, “I’ll take anybody,” referring to the debate moderator.
President Trump emphasized, “I think you have an obligation to discuss this. You really do have an obligation to discuss it. As much as you need to.” You can do it now. ”
Trump then pointed to Biden and insisted, “I don’t think he’s going to debate. I really don’t think so.”
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After Trump, who is running for the White House for the third consecutive term and is close to winning the Republican presidential nomination, challenged Biden to a debate earlier this month, the president said, “If I were him, I would want to do that.” Told. Please discuss with me too. ”
Mr. Biden spoke with reporters in Las Vegas during the campaign, insisting that Mr. Trump had “nothing else to do.”
President Joe Biden gestures to the audience after speaking at a campaign event in North Las Vegas, Nevada, Sunday, February 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarborough)
However, the president, who faced off against President Trump in two general election debates in the fall of 2020 amid the coronavirus pandemic, has not yet announced whether he will participate in the debates as he seeks re-election.
The former president, who was absent from the five Republican primary debates, reiterated, “I want to be smart when debating. There’s no need to waste time.”
President Trump’s Fox News town hall comes four days before South Carolina’s Republican presidential primary, but the latest polls show Trump is ahead of his last major Republican rival, a former U.N. ambassador and former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. It shows that she maintains a huge double-digit lead over South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley. Republican nomination.
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And Trump sat down at City Hall hours after campaigning, writing in a memo that Haley’s White House bid would end “appropriately in her home state” and that the former president would have nominated her by the middle of next month. He insisted that it would be confirmed.
Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley, a former South Carolina governor and later United Nations ambassador, attacks former President Trump in a speech in Greenville, South Carolina, on February 20, 2024. (FOX News Cyril Clark)
But in a speech in Greenville, South Carolina, hours before Trump arrived in the city, Haley said, “Some of you, maybe some of you in the media, know that I’m dropping out of college.” I came here today to find out.” It’s a race. Well, I’m not. Far from it. ”
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“I refuse to resign. South Carolina votes on Saturday, but on Sunday, I’ll still be running for president. I’m not going anywhere,” Haley said.
He added that he was “not afraid of President Trump’s retaliation.”
Donald Trump greets supporters after sitting in a town hall hosted by Laura Ingraham on FOX News’ “The Ingraham Angle” on February 20, 2024 in Greenville, South Carolina. president. (Fox News – Paul Steinhauser)
Asked about Haley’s comments during a Fox News town hall, President Trump said: “She shouldn’t have lost her home state. That shouldn’t have happened anyway, and she’s lost that in a big way.” Stated.
“I don’t think she knows how to get out,” Trump surmised. “She just can’t get out of herself.”
President Trump then reiterated that he had ruled out Haley as a running mate.
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