Trump Cancels a Debate With Harris on ABC News and Pitches One With Fox News Instead

He’ll do a debate if it’s in his safe space. Snowflake.

I think this is bad news tbh. Harris can be as capable as she wants, but if the broadcaster doesnt stop Trump from a endless ramble or cut off his mic if he escalates to intolerable levels of behaviour, then this could end badly.
- Don't give Fox News respect. Start talking shit about it right now. Call this what it is, a scared old weird man who will only debate Harris on a "news" network currently paying billions for lying to everyone about the last election. Harris will treat Trump and the "journalists" playing moderators like children which is how we should've been treating them for years. Talking to them like adults validates their lies and bullshit.
Hopefully it’s outside.
- Underhanded. I like it.

This is a weird way to say “Trump backs out of debating Harris on ABC”.

NYT are fools for using that headline. Their journalists, or editor, obscured the facts with that one. "Updated" headline (not joking):
Trump Cancels a Debate With Harris on ABC News and Pitches One With Fox News Instead
- Haha I see that new headline. ‘tegrity.
- The biggest issue is many people will have only seen the first headline and not the update. They got inaccurate information and it won't be corrected, and the NYT is to blame.
- "Cancels" is the wrong verb again. ABC can cancel it, Trump can only decide not to show. ABC and Kamala can go ahead and have a debate with the audience or even put a cardboard cut out in his place and play random quotes he's made and let Kamala disagree with them. ABC would get views and advertising revenue.
  The right neutral verb phrase there is "backs out of". The one I would pick is "shirks" or "fears"

In what sense has he agreed something if no one else involved knows about it? I think the right verb here is 'suggests'.

He made a post saying that's the "deal". In a way it's a ~~brave~~ brazen way to try and get a venue change. Harris would have to basically insult Fox News and their entire viewership to avoid looking like she's walking away.
- Which (insulting fox and their viewers) she should do regardless, tbh
- Brave isn't the right word. Brazen is.
- Again, it's not a deal if you don't have agreement. That's not a deal, it's an offer.
- That's what Trump is doing to ABC right now

According to Mr. Trump’s post on his social media site, the debate is to take place at a to-be-determined location in Pennsylvania, the must-win battleground state that could help decide the election. Fox News anchors Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum would moderate.

It was unclear early Saturday if Ms. Harris had agreed to the debate and its terms. Representatives for her campaign did not respond to requests for comment. A spokeswoman for Fox News also did not respond to questions.

I think it's worth waiting to see if Harris has actually agreed to this, in the extremely unlikely chance that Trump lied about a thing.

Also, pretty funny that even if that's the case, Trump still needs a month to prepare and it has to be in his safe space network.

he is only 'agreeing' with the voice inside his head bouncing between the three brain cells. trying to play games and force harris into it.
i highly doubt harris would agree to those terms. nfw.
- I'm sorry but you're wrong. Two brain cells fighting for third place.
The Harris campaign on Saturday declined to commit to the Fox News debate and said it was still planning on a Sept. 10 debate hosted by ABC.
“Donald Trump is running scared and trying to back out of the debate he already agreed to and running straight to Fox News to bail him out. He needs to stop playing games and show up to the debate he already committed to on Sept. 10,”
I think that's pretty clear.
- Pleassssseeeee stick to this Harris!! Man we can only hope.
  I'm glad she called it exactly for what it was. Too bad Magoos will only see this as she wants her supposed safe space. :(
Would be funny to have it at the same place he got shot at last time.
- Have it at the 4 Seasons (Total Landscaping parking lot).
Well, Harris does have a pre-existing commitment coming up soon. Surprised Trump didn't challenge her to debate during that.

only if harris somehow sneaks a bullhorn/megaphone onto the stage so she can still make sure those fuckers hear her when her mic "malfunctions".

fox deserves no respect.

You know how fascists are always projecting; the way he treats normal news agencies tells us all we need to know - it's exactly how we SHOULD be treating his pet agencies.

Fox Moderator: "Vice President Harris, how would you respond to the accusation that your administration was responsible for the supply-chain crisis, grocery price inflation, massive corporate layoffs, Texas power outages, the summer heat wave, and the border apocalypse?"

Harris: "What? Now wait..."

Fox Moderator: "President Trump. They say you have the best golf record of any president in history. How did you accomplish this historic feat?"

...

They'd probably just cut her off 2 words into her responses then play it off as she doesn't have an answer
You know he'd completely fuck up the answer and go on ranting about migrants crossing the border, inflation, how smart he is and other rants. In previous interviews on Fox News they have handed him simple questions on a platter which were written to make him look like a good guy...and he completely screws it up and makes him self look like an idiot. It's actually pretty hilarious.
- I'm done laughing at this fucking clown. I'm just sad.

This was the obvious move - attempt to change the venue to Fox, Newsmax or worse. I'm surprised Tucker isn't a proposed moderator.

Harris should counter with a live fact check requirement regardless of venue, which Trump and Fox could never accept.

Even with a live fact check requirement, would you trust Fox News to fact check? They'd probably use "alternative facts".
- Fox's lie. Who'd ever believe their news?

I want the debate to happen AFTER Trump is sentenced in DC. Depending on what happens there, the debates topics are vastly different. Making a president into a king with literal life or death powers is a power that Trump will misuse.

"Trump agrees with himself"

...say, is it perhaps weird to make meetings with yourself?

Did the headline change or something? I don't think NYT said it's an acceptance
- It says "Trump agrees". I clicked on it thinking it was a done deal but it's very much not. It's misleading.
  Edit- they changed it on the site. But damage is already done to people who just see the original headline and don't read into it.

Yes, the network that had to pay nearly a billion dollars for pushing a false narrative in order to get Trump elected the last time around is the perfect venue. Oh, and a live Fox News audience? What could be bad about that?

What a joke.

They’re probably hoping someone in the audience brings a gun.
If Trump is afraid he can’t find the ABC venue can’t his son or someone drive him there and help him get to the stage?

She didn't though. This is blatant misinformation.

Apparently, it is news to Fox, too.

Delete this post for using the word Agrees in the title.

Yes. This is blatant misinformation. Nobody "agreed" to anything. The actual nyt article doesn't even use this word. This post needs to be deleted.
- Article headline got edited after backlash

Headline so insanely misleading they had to change it lol. NYTimes is such a joke these days

I cannot stand his voice; I always end up muting the TV and reading the closed captioning. Those poor people that have to do the live captioning though..

Imagine having to stand on that stage and smell that soiled old man. If he stank I would bring that up before answering every question
- "I'm sorry can I get a fan up here? I need to be down wind of his diaper. "
- Whoops, replied to wrong comment.
When Trump was in office foreign translators got a ton of shit for doing thier job. So many non English speaking people thought the translators were drunk. That made more sense at the time than The President of the United States of America actually saying the things he said. There was also the time he got laughed at by the entire United Nations.
I can't either. On the other hand, I'll take it because he's going up against a very seasoned prosecuting attorney.
That debate with Biden. Holy shit. I turned it off after 5 minutes. I'm just so embarrassed by my country.

Trump when Biden is running: "Any time, any place"

Trump when Harris is running: "One specific time, one specific place"

Harris is going to wipe the floor with this guy.

Only if the venue rules are fairly done.
That is not what Fox's history shows Fox doing as ~~a news~~ an entertainment channel. They will put any BS up to garner attention. For example, DEI hire.
If Fox applied the same benchmarks on Trump's past 'accomplishments' and Trump isn't fit for employment, period.

I agree to NYT giving me 85% of their revenue forever. I agree to that.

gonna look real bad on the NYT if they don't follow through!

Fucking hell I'm actually excited. If you had asked me literally a month ago I wouldn't have given a shit and would have laughed if you had told me I'd be interested. Don't get me wrong I was going to vote either way, but man I cannot wait for Harris to slam the shit out of this dirt bag and make a national embarrassment of him. The shit that worked with Biden sure as hell isn't going to fly with Harris.

Don't underestimate the ratfuckery Fox Entertainment Channel can get up to.

I agree to Trump withdrawing from the election.

OP, you should edit the post to reflect the headline change.

It’s definitely a risk for Harris but it’s the only place anyone watching only Fox will see her debate Trump. Not that it’ll change their minds of course, they’re so heavily brainwashed it’s insane.

Why it should never happen. Trump could go there, shit his pants, and call Harris all the words, and all republicans will lap it up like the mewling little weird cowards they are.
- There was no scenario that wasn't going to happen anyway
People who watch Fox make up a pretty significant portion of every debate's viewership. They don't care what channel it's on, they're going to watch.

I agree to receive $150,000 from the Trump campaign.

I don't see why she should accept to be on fox.

Can't spell slaughter without laughter

Yeah... agrees with HIMSELF lmao

I sincerely hope Harris never meets to debate Trump at Fox. Fox will just ambush Harris and edit the footage to make Harris look dumb or insincere. The whole exercise will be pointless because Americans will not get a fair representation of both candidates.

Okay Trump, you're playing the cards you wish you had, rather than the ones in your hand. A clear sign of denial.

The title is the original title that NYT published. They updated it after backlash (rightfully so). Please don't report this post again.

Can you not update the title? I can update my title on posts to different communities... Why preserve the old/pre-change title?
- they can, but the title doesn't violate any rules.

It's not an agreement if one party doesn't know about it.

How long until he throws a fit and stomps off like an angry toddler? I give him 25 minutes (not counting commercial breaks).

I see a need for a debate, we know where they stand. We really need to stop treating politics like sporting events.

The Fox News event is a week earlier than the originally scheduled ABC debate. Won't Harris look bad if she doesn't go?