Biden and Trump Agree to June and September Debates

Former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden have agreed to debate in June and September, following a proposal from the Biden-Harris campaign. The debates will be held in a TV studio without an in-person audience and will focus on issues such as the border policy, inflation, and foreign policy.

Former President Donald Trump and President Joe Biden have agreed to debate in June and September, following a proposal from the Biden-Harris campaign. The debates will be held in a TV studio without an in-person audience and will focus on issues such as the border policy, inflation, and foreign policy.

The proposal was initially outlined by the Biden-Harris campaign in a letter to the bipartisan Commission on Presidential Debates on Wednesday morning. It abandoned the decades-old tradition of three fall meetings organized by the debate commission. Trump afterward told Fox News Digital that he'd accept the timeline proposed by the incumbent Democrat.

"Crooked Joe Biden is the worst debater I have ever faced – he can't put two sentences together," Trump told Fox News Digital. "Crooked is also the worst president in the history of the United States, by far."

Trump told Fox News Digital that "it is time for a debate to take place – even if it has to be held through the offices of the Commission on Presidential Debates, which are totally controlled by Democrats and who, as people remember, got caught cheating with me with debate sound levels."

Biden responded to Trump's comments in a video message, saying, "I'll even do it twice. So let's pick the dates, Donald. I hear you're free on Wednesdays."

The Biden-Harris campaign proposed that the first debate be in late June, after Trump's New York criminal trial is likely to be over and after Biden returns from meeting with world leaders at the G-7 Summit. A second presidential debate would occur in September prior to the beginning of early voting. The campaign proposed a vice presidential debate to occur in late July after the Republicans nominate their vice presidential candidate.

The Biden-Harris campaign asked that the debates occur inside a TV studio, with microphones that automatically cut off when a speaker’s time limit elapses. The letter also asked that the debates involve just the two candidates and the moderator — without "an in-person audience with raucous or disruptive partisans and donors" that Trump feeds on.

They also want the debates without the participation of Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. or other independent or third-party candidates.

Trump responded to the debate proposal on Truth Social, saying, "I am Ready and Willing to Debate Crooked Joe at the two proposed times in June and September. I would strongly recommend more than two debates and, for excitement purposes, a very large venue, although Biden is supposedly afraid of crowds – That’s only because he doesn’t get them. Just tell me when, I’ll be there. ‘Let’s get ready to Rumble!!!’"

Trump on Saturday appeared before a crowd of tens of thousands on the Jersey Shore in the deep-blue state. The campaign event was held in between Trump's appearances in Manhattan Criminal Court.

The debates are expected to be highly watched and could have a significant impact on the upcoming midterm elections.