Will there be a duel with the challenger? For a long time there was no answer to the question from the incumbent’s team. Now the “Commander-in-Chief” himself speaks out.
US President Joe Biden has signaled his willingness to have a debate with his challenger Donald Trump. “I’m happy to discuss things with him,” Biden told radio host Howard Stern on Friday. However, he doesn’t yet know when or where, Biden added. Trump reacted immediately and suggested a speech duel in the coming days.
It is the first time that the president has agreed to a debate with Trump in the current presidential election campaign. Biden’s team had not commented on the issue for months.
Former US President Trump expressed his willingness to have a speech with Biden at the beginning of March. On Friday, he reiterated that he would face a debate with Biden “anywhere, any time, any place.” “I suggest Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday night at my rally in Michigan,” Trump added on his online service Truth Social. He is also ready for a verbal exchange of blows “in court this evening.”
The voters are not very enthusiastic
Trump is currently on trial in a historic criminal trial in New York. The indictment accuses him of conspiring to commit “election fraud.” Trump is accused of covering up a hush money of $130,000 (122,000 euros at today’s rate) to former porn actress Stormy Daniels by forging business documents before the 2016 presidential election.
Trump, who refused to hold any debates with intra-party opponents during the Republican primaries, is almost certain to be the Republican presidential candidate. The USA is heading towards another fight for the White House between Trump and Biden.
According to surveys, the prospect of a repeat of the 2020 duel does not spark much enthusiasm among US voters – which is partly due to the fact that incumbent President Biden is 81 and former President Trump is 77 years old.
According to surveys, despite his scandal-ridden presidency from 2017 to 2021, the storming of the Capitol by hundreds of his supporters on January 6, 2021 and the four criminal charges against him, Trump has a good chance of defeating Biden in November.
