Any time, any place’: Biden and Trump agree to June debate

Aljazeera :
United States President Joe Biden and his Republican challenger Donald Trump have agreed to a CNN-hosted debate in late June, the US media outlet said, as the rivals traded barbs on social media about the prospect of the showdown.

In a post on X, Biden said on Wednesday morning that he had received and accepted an invitation from CNN to debate Trump on June 27. “Over to you, Donald. As you said: anywhere, any time, any place,” he wrote.

CNN reported that a Trump campaign official later said the former Republican president also accepted the offer.

The move came just hours after Biden challenged Trump to two debates before November’s election but said he would bypass a traditional debate schedule set by a bipartisan commission.

“Donald Trump lost two debates to me in 2020, and since then, he hasn’t shown up to a debate,” Biden said in a video posted online earlier in the day. “Now he’s acting like he wants to debate me again. Well, make my day, pal. I’ll even do it twice.”

Biden had called on Trump to join him for two televised presidential debates in June and September.