This was announced on Thursday by ABC, the broadcaster on which the debate will take place. “Vice President Harris and former President Trump have both confirmed that they will participate,” the broadcaster announced on the online service X.
Trump had recently proposed three televised debates with Harris next month at a press conference at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida – on September 4, 10 and 25.
However, he had named NBC and not ABC as the broadcaster for the debate on September 10. Trump’s team later noted that he had made a mistake and that ABC had been discussed about the September 10 date.
More TV duels could follow
It was initially unclear whether there would be just one debate between the two presidential candidates in September, as announced by ABC, or three. There were no initial announcements from NBC or Fox News, the channel Trump had named for the proposed debate on September 4.
A few days ago, there was a heated exchange between Trump and the Harris team over the television debates. Before incumbent Joe Biden withdrew from the presidential race – a consequence of the debate about his mental state, which was triggered by his disastrous performance in the TV debate with Trump at the end of June – a second debate on ABC had already been agreed for September 10.
Trump suggested debate on Fox News
However, Republican Trump initially declined to run against Harris as the new Democratic presidential candidate on that date and instead proposed a debate on September 4 on the right-wing channel Fox News, which is sympathetic to him. The Harris campaign then accused Trump of being “afraid” and of wanting to “avoid” the debate.
Trump obviously wanted to refute this accusation with his proposal for three debates.
