Donald Trump said he'll 'probably extremity up' debating Kamala Harris and slammed nan Democrats for what he calls a 'coup' to switch Joe Biden.
Harris has accused Trump and his campaign of backtracking connected nan statesmanlike statement group for September 10 connected ABC.
While nan Trump run has antecedently said that they're waiting to beryllium judge Harris is really nan candidate aft really quickly nan Democrats replaced Biden, he admitted he will apt statement Harris.
'I want to do a statement but I besides tin opportunity this: everybody knows who I americium and now group cognize who she is,' he said. 'She's a extremist near lunatic, she'll destruct our country.'
When pressed arsenic to why not put that accusation retired connected nan statement stage, Trump said that 'everybody already knows'.
Donald Trump said he'll 'probably extremity up' debating Kamala Harris and slammed nan Democrats for what he calls a 'coup' to switch Joe Biden
Fox News' Laura Ingraham suggested that Democrats mightiness opportunity that he's 'afraid' of debating.
He past restated his erstwhile statement triumphs successful 2016 and 2020 earlier revealing immoderate of his terms.
'The reply is yes, I'll astir apt extremity up debating. I deliberation nan debates should return spot earlier nan votes commencement being cast'.
He said that his 2nd statement against Biden went awesome but that excessively galore early votes had already been cast.
'So nan reply is yes but I tin besides make a lawsuit for not doing it,' Trump added.
Trump is not needfully committing to nan position of nan statement arsenic primitively group because he doesn't want ABC News to use from it.
'I don't for illustration rewarding clone news. They're gonna make tens of millions of dollars pinch this debate. I don't for illustration that ABC's gonna' get rich,' earlier mentioning his predominant target, anchor George Stephanopoulos, whom he refers to arsenic 'Slopadopoulos'.
Trump praised CNN and Jake Tapper, saying they had been 'very fair' to him during nan first statement pinch Biden successful June.
Harris has accused Trump and his run of backtracking connected nan statesmanlike statement group for September 10 connected ABC
Trump is not needfully committing to nan position of nan statement arsenic primitively group because he doesn't want ABC News to use from it, aft saying CNN had been 'very fair' to him successful nan June 27 debate
He past revealed that 'maybe' nan CNN statement was a mistake, because he claimed he'd hit Biden truthful badly, 'that was nan extremity of him'.
'You could spot that he was not gonna make it immoderate more. Now, we person [Harris]. I would alternatively tally against her'.
In a connection connected Monday, Harris' run said she will beryllium location for a statement connected September 10 hosted by ABC, which had antecedently been agreed to by Trump and Biden.
'The American group merit to perceive from nan 2 candidates moving for nan highest agency successful nan onshore and she will do that astatine September’s ABC debate,' they said.
'If Donald Trump and his squad are saying thing different than ‘we’ll spot you there,’ - and it appears that they are - it’s a convenient, but expected backtrack from Team Trump. Vice President Harris will beryllium location connected September 10th - we’ll spot if Trump shows.'
At 1 constituent past week, Trump said he was fresh and consenting to return connected Harris successful a statement aft she was anointed arsenic his caller opponent.
On Tuesday, successful a briefing telephone pinch reporters, he dismissed Harris's expertise arsenic a campaigner and said he was fresh to statement her much than once.
'I'd want to,' he said. 'I deliberation it's important.
Trump revealed that 'maybe' nan CNN statement was a mistake, because he claimed he'd hit Biden truthful badly, 'that was nan extremity of him'
In a connection connected Monday, Harris' run said she will beryllium location for a statement connected September 10 hosted by ABC, which had antecedently been agreed to by Trump and Biden
Trump besides repeated his caller claim that Joe Biden and his erstwhile leader Barack Obama don't for illustration 1 different and that his predecessor engaged successful a coup against Biden.
'That was a coup connected an American president. Obama doesn't like [Biden] and he doesn't for illustration Obama.'
Trump past said he believed caller reporting that suggested that Biden was threatened pinch nan 25th amendment and removal from office.
'That's what happened, we'll do it nan easy measurement aliases nan difficult way'.
Trump besides went into item astir really his woman Melania knowledgeable nan caller effort connected nan erstwhile president's life.
It comes arsenic Harris has seen a caller boost successful nan polls successful a 'honeymoon' shape aft replacing Biden connected nan ticket.
According to a caller ABC News/Ipsos poll, Harris' favorability standing among Americans deed 43 percent successful precocious July. It's a crisp summation from its 35 percent earlier Biden exited nan race.
Trump besides repeated his caller declare that Joe Biden and his erstwhile leader Barack Obama don't for illustration 1 different and that his predecessor engaged successful a coup against Biden
Her unfavorable standing was 42 percent, down from 46 percent earlier Biden dropped out.
Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, who serves arsenic co-chair of nan Harris campaign, shed much ray connected nan timeline successful which Harris is expected to prime a moving mate.
'Everything's truncated, and she's going to make that determination astir apt successful nan adjacent six, 7 days,' Harris said. 'I ideate we'll cognize who her moving mate is.'
It comes arsenic nan Democratic National Convention is coming up later adjacent month, but Democrats person a August 7 deadline to nominate their candidates to make judge they get connected nan ballot successful each state.