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Trump has again questioned his participation in the presidential debate with his opponent Harris. The Democrat wants both microphones to be open all the time, even when the political opponent speaks.
The candidate for president of the USA, Donald Trump, has once again called into question the televised debate scheduled for September 10 with his opponent Kamala Harris. On his online platform "Truth Social", he accused ABC News, where the debate will take place, of being biased against him. Trump did not cancel the date of the televised duel. However, he said the channel had to answer many questions.
Trump: "ABC Fake News"
The Republican was outraged by an ABC report in which he said a reporter conducted a "ridiculous and one-sided interview" with Republican Sen. Tom Cotton. He called the political pundits who appeared on the channel a "so-called focus group of Trump haters." He called the network "fake news ABC" and posed the question: "Why do I have to argue with Kamala Harris on this network?"
ABC News announced two and a half weeks ago that the candidates for president of the United States, Donald Trump and Kamala Harris, would face each other in mid-September on this channel.
The Republican and the Democrat confirmed their participation on the date, the channel later reported. So far, this would be the only televised debate between the two candidates before the November 5 US election.
Microphones, open or closed?
The Harris and Trump campaign teams are also arguing over the rules of the debate. Microphones, whether they should be muted when a political opponent speaks, are at the heart of the dispute.
A spokesman for the Democratic campaign team said they prefer that both candidates' microphones remain open throughout the broadcast.
"We believe Trump's advisers don't want to be on the mic all the time because they don't believe their candidate can behave in a presidential manner for 90 minutes," he said in a statement first seen by US media.
Democrat Kamala Harris replaced US President Joe Biden as the presidential candidate
Trump's team refuses to change the rules and insists the microphones are closed. "ABC proposed exactly the same debate rules as CNN, and we accepted them, as did the Harris camp," a Trump spokesman said.
Lessons from the Biden-Trump debate
In June, then-Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and Trump clashed in a televised debate hosted by CNN. The microphones of the one who did not speak were muted. The goal was to avoid interference.
However, Biden's disastrous performance led to his withdrawal from the election campaign. Harris replaced him as the Democratic nominee. After the debate, observers concluded that, contrary to expectations, the closed microphones actually helped Trump, because the 78-year-old seemed more in control thanks to them./DW
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