Donald Trump has declared he is "ready to rumble" as Joe Biden proposed two debates with the former president.
The two frontrunners for the 2024 election are yet to go head-to-head in a debate. President Joe Biden on Wednesday said he will not participate in autumn presidential debates sponsored by the nonpartisan commission that has organised them for more than three decades and instead proposed two debates with Trump to be held earlier in the year.
In a short video posted to X, formerly Twitter, Biden said: " Donald Trump lost two debates to me in 2020. Since then, he hasn't shown up for a debate. Now he's acting like he wants to debate me again. Well, make my day, pal. I'll even do it twice."
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Biden suggested two debates with Trump (AFP via Getty Images)Now, CNN has confirmed it will host the first 2024 Presidential Debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump in Atlanta, GA, on June 26 at 9pm ET. Taking a jab at Trump's ongoing court case over hush money payments, which takes a break on Wednesday, Biden said: "So let's pick the dates Donald, I hear you're free on Wednesdays."
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In a wild tirade on his own social media platform - Truth Social - Trump said: "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 speaks during a campaign rally in Wildwood Beach on May 11, 2024 (Getty Images)Reacting to the letter during a dialogue with Fox News Digital, Trump deemed the suggested dates "fully acceptable to me" and cheekily suggested he might even provide his own ride. Jen O'Malley Dillon, Biden campaign chair, made contact with the Commission on Presidential Debates this Wednesday to declare that Biden will not attend its organised debates, instead opting for debates held by news organisations.
The Biden team disputed the autumn dates chosen by the commission - which are scheduled after some US citizens start voting - echoing a grievance previously aired by the Trump team.
The Biden campaign has maintained a long-standing resentment towards the impartial commission due to their failure to equally administer their rules during the 2020 Biden-Trump clashes - most glaringly when it neglected to enforce its COVID-19 testing rules on Trump and his crew - and Biden's squad has engaged in discussions with TV networks and some Republicans about strategies to bypass the commission's hold on presidential debates.
During a chat last month with radio host Howard Stern, the president hinted he's open to debating Trump, saying: "I am, somewhere. I don't know when. But I'm happy to debate him."
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