Donald Trump backs off on presidential debate with Kamala Harris due to Democratic Party 'chaos' - sparking immediate taunt from the VP

Donald Trump has backed retired of debating Kamala Harris astatine slightest until she is confirmed arsenic nan Democratic nominee.

The erstwhile president said connected Tuesday he would 'absolutely' statement Harris aft Joe Biden dropped retired of nan race, and his vice president, Harris, apt to switch him.

But connected Thursday nighttime he backed distant from sticking to nan September 10 statement he scheduled pinch Biden, aliases organizing a caller one.

Steven Cheung, nan campaign's communications director, claimed Democrats were successful excessively overmuch 'chaos' since Biden abandoned his reelection bid.

'Given nan continued governmental chaos surrounding Crooked Joe Biden and nan Democrat Party, wide predetermination statement specifications cannot beryllium finalized until Democrats formally determine connected their nominee,' he said.

'There is simply a beardown consciousness by galore successful nan Democrat Party - namely Barack Hussein Obama - that Kamala Harris is simply a Marxist fraud who cannot hit President Trump, and they are still holding retired for personification 'better.' 

'Therefore, it would beryllium inappropriate to schedule things pinch Harris because Democrats very good could still alteration their minds.'

The Democratic National Convention connected August 19 to 22 will officially find nan party's nominee for president, but Harris has already secured capable delegates.

Biden and Trump agreed to 2 debates during nan statesmanlike campaign, connected June 27 connected CNN and September 10 connected ABC.

However, nan first statement was specified a disaster for Biden that it sparked 3 weeks of chaos that ended pinch him ending his campaign.

Harris said she was keen to instrumentality to nan agreed schedule, but said earlier connected Thursday that it appeared Trump wasn't locked in.

'I person agreed to nan antecedently agreed upon September 10 debate, he agreed to that previously. Now it appears he's backpedaling,' she said. 

'I deliberation that nan voters merit to spot nan divided surface that exists successful this title connected a statement stage. I'm ready. So let's go.'

Harris past mocked Trump aft his campaigned announced statement readying was connected clasp for astatine slightest nan adjacent fewer weeks. 

'What happened to "any time, immoderate place"?' she wrote connected Twitter successful reply.

Trump successful a property telephone pinch reporters connected Tuesday insisted he would 'absolutely' statement Harris was was unfastened to adding different 1 to nan calendar.

'I agreed to statement pinch Joe Biden. But I want to statement her and she'll beryllium nary different because they person nan aforesaid policies,' he said.

'I would beryllium consenting to do much than 1 statement actually.'

Trump said debating Harris would beryllium 'probably similar' to Biden.

'She's nan aforesaid arsenic Biden, but overmuch much radical. She's a extremist near person, and this state doesn't want a extremist near personification to destruct it,' he claimed.

Trump said though he committed to nan ABC debate, he would for illustration it beryllium hosted by different network, specified arsenic nan right-wing Fox News. 

'I'm not thrilled pinch ABC. I conjecture they committed but I person astatine slightest adjacent say, and I don't for illustration nan thought of ABC,' he said.

Fox, which gives Trump almost uniformly affirmative coverage, earlier said it was willing successful hosting a statement and Trump said it was mutual.

'Now that Joe has, not surprisingly, has discontinue nan race, I deliberation nan debate, pinch whomever nan Radical Left Democrats choose, should beryllium held connected FoxNews, alternatively than very biased ABC,' he wrote connected his Truth Social level connected Sunday.