r/politics • u/rollingstone Rolling Stone • May 15 '24

Biden Challenges Trump to Two Debates. Trump Immediately Accepts Soft Paywall

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/biden-challenges-trump-debates-1235021164/
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u/BeowulfShaeffer May 15 '24

He will make some demands to change the format and then back out when those demands aren’t met while complaining it’s “rigged and so unfair”.

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u/Moses00711 May 15 '24

This is precisely how it will go down. Anything short of a WWE spectacle and he’s out.

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u/ikeif Ohio May 15 '24

I’d be fine with John Cena busting in and taking a chair to the Orange shit gibbon.

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u/ripgoodhomer May 15 '24

At least we know the Rock won't be taking sides. 

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u/meneldal2 May 16 '24

I do have a morbid curiosity of what a fist fight would look like between the two old men.

Or we can have champions, Biden nominates Zuck and Trump nominates Musk.

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u/mfGLOVE Wisconsin May 15 '24

He will say that it’s unfair to not have an audience there, so he will not attend the debate and will schedule a rally at the exact same time. This is what he did for the Republican Presidential nominee debates. He held his own rallies at the same time. He needs a safe space everywhere he goes and a debate is very unsafe space for him.

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u/eNonsense May 15 '24

Biden's invitation was contingent on the debates following certain rules. Trump doesn't do rules. He'll do nothing but break them and complain about the rules he agreed to being unfair.

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u/oldsguy65 May 15 '24

He just won't approve any moderator who isn't from Fox or NewsMax.

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u/sluman001 May 15 '24

Yeah, put a 30 second delay and allow for a non-partisan AI fact checking bar to be on the bottom of the screen.

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u/UNC_Samurai May 15 '24

The GOP has already refused to engage with any debate organized by the Council on Presidential Debates.

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u/Zhni May 15 '24

!remindeme 1 month