May 15, 2024

"President Biden said in a statement that he has received, and accepted, an invitation from CNN for a debate on June 27."

"'Over to you, Donald. As you said: anywhere, any time, any place,' he wrote. Mr. Trump told Fox News Digital that he 'will be there' and is 'looking forward to being in beautiful Atlanta.' CNN confirmed the date in a statement and said the debate would be hosted in its Atlanta studios, in a crucial swing state, with no audience. Moderators will be announced later."


That's brand-new breaking news. It came out just as I was about to put up this TikTok of President Biden challenging Trump to a debate (as if Trump hadn't been saying — for months — "anywhere, any time, any place" to Biden).
@bidenhq

Trump is acting like he wants to debate me again. Make my day, pal.

♬ original sound - Biden-Harris HQ
When I first saw that retweeted by someone on X, I thought that's not real. That's A.I., but then I saw it on the Biden-Harris HQ TikTok account and decided that was really him speaking and seriously making the debate challenge in that tough-guy tone. Weird! He's trying to sound like Trump, maybe. Trump, or Clint Eastwood.

Anyway, why does Biden have a TikTok account when he's bent on destroying TikTok? Or, don't waste time answering that question. It would be much more amusing to watch Trump's version of "Bohemian Rhapsody":
@yassinandseanterrio Replying to @ChrisHennessy112 what if trump sang Bohemian Rhapsody? A question for the ages. #trump #impressions #bits #bohemianrhapsody #bohemianrhapsodycover #queencover #coversong #piano ♬ original sound - YASSiN & Sean Terrio
ADDED: Earlier this morning, Biden gave notice that "The President will not be participating in the Commission of Presidential Debates' announced debates." I guess CNN leapt into the gap.

115 comments:

Leland said...

I’ll be sure not to change any plans I currently have.

john said...

Timing is weird, suspicious. Neither have even (technically) won their nominations yet. The only reason to do this is to preempt Kennedy, and any others running in opposition.

Dude1394 said...

Biden accepts debate in a 13 second recorded video with 5 jump cuts.

Dude1394 said...

And cnn will feed him all of the questions before hand.

Joe Smith said...

The RNC had better stand up and disallow yet another communist moderator.

Have it last at least 90 minutes and no earpieces.

And make sure Joe has space for a drool bucket under his podium...

mindnumbrobot said...

Moderators will be announced later.

Moderators. Hardy, har, har.


https://youtu.be/XI4fex06rc4?feature=shared&t=130

Achilles said...

Sounds like Biden had his medical emergency scheduled then.

Tina Trent said...

Amusingly, the world-famous "CNN" sign recently had to be removed from the original CNN Center because CNN had to flee downtown because of crime and rioters. So when they come to you from the debate in Atlanta, it will be in the safe inburbs, exurbs, or suburbs, courtesy of the Democrats' policies.

n.n said...

CNN is still a viable organ of the Democrat party? Pethaps they can debate at PBS, NPR, or some other equitable and inclusive organelle.

Tina Trent said...
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Tina Trent said...

OK, I want them to do the whole Bohemian Rhapsody Song as Trump.

Maybe they did.

I'm too much of aluddite to use tic-toc.

Dave Begley said...

It's a trick!

Trump will be in jail on June 27. He will be serving a 60-day sentence.

Leland said...

Trump accepted on Truth Social, so no longer “over to him”. He’s a sucker if he thinks a CNN moderator will allow a debate on the topics Trump mentions.

Oligonicella said...

There can really be no opinion until we see who will moderate and how.

Rich said...

Biden making mistakes. Trump will ramble incoherently and for him it's normal to make no sense like a dumdum. Not a level playing field.

Cannot wait for the gaffes and memes from the debate.

Butkus51 said...

Key details:

The Biden proposal includes specific conditions such as no audience, no interruptions from Trump while Biden is speaking, and only Biden-friendly news outlets can moderate.

Par

Iman said...

Brave Sir P0TATUS!

Never-Biden Never-Putin said...

CNN - that's a fair venue for Trump.
Not.

Never-Biden Never-Putin said...

A long as the debate is controlled by a loyalist NBC-type outlet - the Husk-Puppet will abide.

Skeptical Voter said...

Joe will be in his happy home (no silly not a retirement home for those with cognitive difficulties) at a debate hosted by CNN. CNN will provide three moderators, so the debate at CNN lines up as four against one. I think the Bad Orange Man will hold his own, even if Donna Brazille is one of the "moderators". Hillary Clinton may be available for one of the moderator slots.

Christopher B said...

He rejected the PDC format. Also the PDC schedule of three debates in late September and October. Proposed two debates, one in June and one in September. That's both before either man is officially nominated, and a good two months before Election Day.

I've not been in the camp that thinks Biden will be replaced but scheduling the last debate months before Election Day definitely feels like an opening to stiff Trump from being able to debate a potential replacement.

Joe Smith said...

Trump needs to show up with a fake teardrop prison tattoo : )

Lloyd W. Robertson said...

Bobby K is approaching the 15% mark in support where he may have been entitled to take part in a Commission debate. Biden: ah, ah, ah, no. Right?
Biden's tech team, racing against time, is now confident they can get the avatar working for the debate, provided very strict conditions are met: advance notice of all questions; fawning, adulatory "journalists"; an ear piece so he can take direction; everything explained very slowly, in single syllables. Mechanical Turk.

Lem the artificially intelligent said...

Eric Erickson says the debate is a scape hatch. If he sucks, he quits the race. They are not confident there’s a path to victory.

Yancey Ward said...

Each candidate should be allowed to choose a moderator with each moderator questioning the opposing candidate, but CNN will not host such an event and Biden's team will find a reason to back out if CNN did agree to this.

No- this debate, if it occurs will have Jake Tappworm as sole moderator and everyone knows it.

TreeJoe said...

So wait Biden has declined the (conceptually) non-partisan, independent commission for presidential debates in favor of a for-profit corporate news media driven event?

Did I get that right?

This whole thing is weird as shit and him announcing in part on Tik Tok just makes it weirder.

Rabel said...

More WWE than Eastwood. I'm disappointed he didn't rip his shirt off. Maybe he did and it didn't make the cut.

Over to you, RideSpaceMountain!

Mr Wibble said...

So, if the judge throws Trump into jail for "violation" of the gag order, preventing him from attending the debate, will that now be election interference?

Gunner said...

Has any President ever declared that they "won" debates against their opponent? (How do you judge winning anyway?)

It seems really low class. I don't even remember Trump saying he "won" against anyone.

mikee said...

Moderators Candace Owens, Tucker Carlson and Ben Shapiro soon to be announced, right?

RCOCEAN II said...

As state above, it will be 4-1 with Trump having to take on Biden and 3 CNN "moderators" in a tag team match. And of course, all the questions will be on Topics Biden wants to talk about. Look for almost nothing on Immigration, open borders, Hunter Biden, Biden Corruption, inflation, Gaza Genocide, etc.

Instead we will get "How dare you say you'll pardon those insurrectionists - why do hate Democracy" "Why are going to be fascist dictator if elected?" "How can you justify running for President when you're a convicted felon?" "Why did you try to overthrow Democracy on J6?" "Do you agree we should Stand by Israel, no matter what they do?" "Why do love Putin when he's a new Hitler?" "Why don't you love all immigrants, legal and illegal?" and "Do you still love Nazis?"

And as is the MSM Practice, CNN will "Tee it up" for Biden by giving him the questions in advance.

Curious about the date. Why is that date chosen? Is that a date when The leftwing judge will sentence Trump to Jail after he's found guilty by 12 liberal/leftwing NYC jurors?

Rt41Rebel said...

The early timing actually makes sense. It’s the final acid test for Biden before the convention.

Mr Wibble said...

It was pointed out on the twats that by ditching the Commission on Presidential Debates, Biden can keep RFK Jr. out, even though under normal rules he'd be in.

Personally, I doubt that this will accomplish much of anything. The rules will be stacked in his favor, and the moderators will try to protect him as much as possible. That said, when the cameras roll, Trump can do what he wants, and they'll be hard-pressed to stop him without looking like idiots. Meanwhile, they'll try to make the entire debate about Trump's legal issues, which will backfire on them.

My guess is that Trump lands a couple of solid blows, Biden doesn't do anything to force himself out of the race, and nothing changes in the polls.

Tommy Duncan said...

My advice to Trump is:

(1) Biden can't control his anger. Get under his skin by challenging his lies, particularly the lies with personal/family story lines. Facts are Joe's worst enemies. If you can get him off balance Biden will tip over.

(2) Challenge Biden to explain the details behind his claims and positions. In particular, force him to explain economic claims that involve numbers. Joe struggles horribly with numbers. He also has zero understanding of economic and business related matters.

Howard said...

It's a trap 🪤

MadisonMan said...

Let's predict who the moderators will be.

Is Hillary!! available? Juan Williams? Rachel Maddow?

Achilles said...

Leland said...

Trump accepted on Truth Social, so no longer “over to him”. He’s a sucker if he thinks a CNN moderator will allow a debate on the topics Trump mentions.

CNN is a sucker if they think they can control Trump.

Achilles said...

Dave Begley said...

It's a trick!

Trump will be in jail on June 27. He will be serving a 60-day sentence.



We can only hope.

mikeski said...

Biden gave notice that "The President will not be participating in the Commission of Presidential Debates' announced debates."

Another norm restored.

tim maguire said...

Dave Begley said...Trump will be in jail on June 27. He will be serving a 60-day sentence.

That would be funny. If Trump misses the debate because he's in jail, you can just cancel the election and hand him the keys to the White House now.

loudogblog said...

Here was Biden's list of demands to debate Trump:
- No audience.
- No RFK Jr.
- No Trump remarks during Biden's answers.
- Only Biden-friendly outlets & anchors can moderate (from CBS, ABC, CNN or Telemundo).

https://twitter.com/VinceCoglianese/status/1790729151999103180?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw


walter said...

Test for anti-stuttering medication(s).

Jerry said...

Tina Trent said...
Amusingly, the world-famous "CNN" sign recently had to be removed from the original CNN Center because CNN had to flee downtown because of crime and rioters.

-------------

That, and they're no longer getting the revenue to cover the rent.

CNN is no longer the news powerhouse it was in GW1 and GW2. Hell, it's not even on in the Atlanta Airport any more. Won't be much longer, I think, before they're in the same category as Air America - the left slanted radio network that was supposed to beat Rush Limbaugh a couple decades back. They burned through their startup capital, never got the audience they expected, and finally burned out in 2010. (Kinda surprised the Obama administration didn't throw 'em a lifeline, but maybe even they could see it was garbage.)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_America_(radio_network)

You'd think, at some point, the 'progressives' would get a clue that the 'finest chocolate' they're trying to push out as their product is much more the brown and messy stuff that comes out of the back end of a cow. Really, Switzerland exports fine chocolates, but they also export manure - and it's honestly pretty hard to mistake one for the other.

We'll see if they even go off. I'm dubious.

walter said...

...and check for earpiece."Salute the Marines"

JK Brown said...

The Commission of Presidential Debates needs to die. They, for some reason, like being old people, can't adapt to the fact that the debates need to be before the voting starts, which means before mid-September. They've been nothing but a disaster for the last three election cycles.

Yes, I know it's a quasi-government entity but let's do something different and end things in government and politics that no longer provide value.

I propose Trump call Biden to debate him behind some high school gym. Or at least use one as the backdrop of a staged debate.

Christopher B said...

CNN is burying the lede.

As headlined at PJ Media (byline Matt Margolis) Biden Campaign Officially Turns Down Presidential Debates Commission

Chuck said...

How can Trump, under multiple federal indictments, do a political debate with someone who is at least putatively the Chief Federal Law Enforcement Officer, unless Trump is given a Miranda Warning?

Leland said...

A suggestion at AoS that Trump is only accepting the time and not the place.

James K said...

Trump should not have accepted unconditionally. Veto power over moderators, and a drug screen for both candidates.

Readering said...

Surprised Biden agreed so early.
Wants to end speculation that he could be replaced?

Humperdink said...

Dave Begley is right.

Yancey Ward said...

Here is how the debate negotiations will proceed- CNN will give the two parties a "balanced" list that is Jake Tapper, Wolf Blitzer, Christiana Amanpour, and Anderson Cooper, and the two will have to choose 1 or 2 from that list or there is no debate. They might even drag out former "right-leaning" employees like Brian "Tater" Steltzer and Don Lemon"head" if Trump doesn't like the first list.

What will not happen, ever, is what I proposed earlier- that Trump gets to pick half the moderators himself with Biden getting to pick the other half (or whoever does Biden's thinking for him). If by some miracle Trump does get to choose a moderator and Biden doesn't run away like a whipped cur, then Trump should choose Stefanik.

Real American said...

What a joke! Biden says he'll only debate on certain networks and only if their regular media people are the moderators since he claims they won't be biased. Yeah, right.

Wince said...

Biden risks looking like he's pathetically ceasing on the opportunity to control the details of the debate due to Trump's open-ended invitation...

The Biden proposal includes specific conditions such as no audience, no interruptions from Trump while Biden is speaking, and only Biden-friendly news outlets can moderate.

Wasn't the consensus in 2020 that Trump should have let Biden ramble on?

Amexpat said...

It's good that the perhaps will debate. It's OK to not have an audience and good to not allow interuptions, but they should do away with moderators asking questions. Let the candidates make opening statements and then let them question each other in an orderly way, such as time limits for questions, answers and rebuttals.

Joe Smith said...

'How can Trump, under multiple federal indictments, do a political debate with someone who is at least putatively the Chief Federal Law Enforcement Officer, unless Trump is given a Miranda Warning?'

Because Trump isn't a pussy and Biden doesn't know what day it is.

I love how you include 'putatively' because even liberal hacks know Biden isn't in charge of anything...

AlbertAnonymous said...

Chuck,

Don’t be so purposely obtuse.

Why would the left need to Mirandize Trump? Thats only required if they intend to/want to use any of his statements in court. Why would they need to do that? They already have all the evidence they need to convict him on each of his 52 indictments…..

Right?

Mind your own business said...

He's escaped his minders again and spoken to the media. And his mouth keeps writing checks his ego, dementia, and reflexive-lying character can't cash.

Achilles said...

mikee said...
Moderators Candace Owens, Tucker Carlson and Ben Shapiro soon to be announced, right?

I guess you include Shapiro so Biden has a supporter on stage?

Shapiro went through arbitration and put a gag order on Owen’s after firing her.

Shapiro is mad because Owens was right about Trump, the vaccines, the lockdowns, Ukraine, Israel and he was wrong about everything. Nevertrumps are having a bad time of it right now.

henge2243 said...

Will Trump saying "see you next Thursday" hit properly?

Mike (MJB Wolf) said...

I'm surprised. Biden barely made it through them four years ago. What odd timing in the nomination calendar! Why June? Is this a set up, before the switcheroo?

Richard Dolan said...

Nothing has been working for Biden, least of all the imagined lawfare campaign to destroy Trump. Polls today show Trump head in 5 of the 6 states that will decide the election -- no movement in months. And nothing has changed about how bad Biden is in any unscripted moment -- not that he's so great in reading scripted comments off the teleprompter. It's a demonstration, if anyone needed it, about how bad Biden's internal polling must be to cause his 'advisors' to take this risk -- we're well beyond a Hail Mary pass, and deeply into the territory of St. Jude Thaddeus, patron of lost causes.

NorthOfTheOneOhOne said...

Either Erickson is right (see Lem's post above) or they're hoping Trump will bully the "well meaning elderly man with a poor memory" and get Joe some sympathy votes. (At least that's how they'll spin the debate.) I would be suspicious of their motives but considering some of the stuff that's been coming out of the Biden White House (see their Israel policy) I'm more inclined to think they're pulling a stunt that they think is slick. And if you've seen Botox Nancy's recent performance at the Oxford Union it's quite possible the whole crew has gone nuts.

mikeski said...

(1) Biden can't control his anger. Get under his skin by challenging his lies, particularly the lies with personal/family story lines. Facts are Joe's worst enemies. If you can get him off balance Biden will tip over.

(2) Challenge Biden to explain the details behind his claims and positions. In particular, force him to explain economic claims that involve numbers. Joe struggles horribly with numbers. He also has zero understanding of economic and business related matters.

That second part almost assuredly won't happen. The "moderator(s)" will step in if and when Joe actually has to come up with an answer that extends beyond the 8-10 words he memorized on a given topic.

On the first part, Trump should have some fun. I'd like to see him throw in a bunch of "is that what your earpiece fed you, Joe?" and "who told you told you to say that, Joe, your wife?" to begin his responses.

Fred Drinkwater said...

That ridiculous video clip is a preview of how CNN will broadcast the "debate".

But it won't matter. I cannot even imagine anything Biden could say that would swing the polls his way.

So, as the saying goes,"His stated agenda is not his real agenda." "Whose is?"

Gusty Winds said...

Oh yeah...like the CNN invitation was a surprise invitation that Biden just "accepted."

Quaestor said...
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Quaestor said...

Althouse writes, "When I first saw that retweeted by someone on X, I thought that's not real. That's A.I."

In an important sense, Althouse was correct in her first assumption. It is A.I., but what is that? Artificial intelligence is the semblance of intelligence, a pretense of probity, a simulacrum of smarts. When someone uses ChatGPT, the intelligence they engage belongs to the system architects and programmers, the rest is an illusion created by the massively parallel processing of algorithms on a database of word associations. The servers are not intelligent, they're just quick.

Nor is ChatGPT a breakthrough technology, it's a civilian application of technology developed almost 30 years ago by DARPA as part of the effort to create a "Star Wars" missile defense. Specifically, means to sort radar detections of real incoming warheads from chaff or decoys deployed by the enemy. DARPA's scientists learned that experienced radar officers could distinguish the real from the fake with high reliability given enough data and enough time. They reasoned that massively parallel processing units could execute algorithms derived from the techniques used by human radar officers to penetrate a screen of decoys in the brief time a missile defense system could reasonably have to react to an attack. It was just a matter of scale and programming. Small-scale A.I. existed long before that. For example, there were numerous "Chinese room" entertainments created mainly to amuse and impress executives with authority over I.T. purchases. DEC built one to promote their line of PDP mini-computers that jokingly implied the owner could dispense with his psychoanalyst by buying a computer.

Whenever you hear Joe Biden complete a coherent sentence or correctly identify anyone or anything, that's an illusion created by his operators. Biden was never considered bright, even from his earliest days in politics, and senility has erased and distorted what little native ability that man had as a junior member of the New Castle County Council. Any illusion of intelligence is A.I. in the broad sense, just as John Serle's Chinese room creates the illusion of Chinese fluency.

The impression of Trump was quite spot-on but too brief and spoilt by the comedians laughing at their own jokes.

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Breezy said...

LOL No interruptions!

No one wants Joe to be interrupted! We all have to hear his garbled and/or nonsensical statements very clearly.

Readering said...

Jake Tapper and Dana Bash moderators. Should be interesting.

Readering said...

Apparently Fox has offered a date and moderators acceptable to Trump. Don't see Biden agreeing. And don't see Trump saying, ok I'll debate Kennedy then.

rehajm said...

Fitting that The Horse Dewormer Channel will team up with the Biden campaign for Cook the Vote 2024. Althouse Blog will eat that shit up…

gilbar said...

as not so young (61), and not so rich (net worth ~500,000);
i have REAL PROBLEMS with 80 year old MILLIONAIRES telling *ME* that i don't deserve a tax break..
The democrats are (and have ALWAYS been) the party of the rich property owners..
As a (retired) working stiff, i would like to ask Bernie and Biden to FUCK OFF AND DIE

Breezy said...

That will be interesting. Tapper and Bash are both Jewish, and should have their heads examined, per Trump recent comment.

BillieBob Thorton said...

There isn't going to be a debate. Biden's handlers will keep moving the goal posts to make it impossible for any debate to take place. Then they will blame Trump and the media will back them up. Biden can barely handle a fork or read the teleprompter much stand up on a stage and debate for ninety minutes. Not gonna happen.

rehajm said...

Wherever the over/under is set for snorts and guffaws and c’mon mans out of Biden, I’m taking the over…

BillieBob Thorton said...

The internal poling must be really really bad if they are willing to risk the embarrassment of backing out of the debate at the last minute hoping they can get a bump now.
June also coincides with Hunters trial so time to change the subject.

Paul said...

Won't allow FOX news in... so Biden will get the questions before the debate and have them on his 'Q cards'.... what a crock.

Automatic mike cutoff... that is so if Biden starts saying something stupid.. his handlers will cut him off.

No audience.. hence no witnesses.

And if Trump tries to get an word in edge wise.. they will cut him off (but I bet they won't cut Biden off if he does that!!)

FullMoon said...

Trump needs to respond like a seasoned politicion during debates,
Get's a question?

"That's a good question, but getting back to the open border situation"
but getting back to the cost of groceries
but getting back to the strategic oil reserves
but getting back to the billions sent to Ukraine

Mikey NTH said...

Professor Althouse as the moderator would be a gas. "Cruel Neutrality" would have both "yes ma'am-ing" before 30 minutes passed.

Jimmy said...

It won't be a debate, everyone knows that. the moderators have already shown, over decades, how biased, stupid, and ass kissing they are...
the left either plans to have Trump in jail, or dead by then. biden can't walk across the white house lawn with out pooping in his pants.
After biden explodes, implodes, or just dies from all the drugs he is being pumped with, I nominate his wife, the white house staff, and a few hundred other apparatchiks for federal prosecution for drug/elder abuse.

Fred Drinkwater said...

Dang, Mikey. I would pay serious money to see that.

Lem the artificially intelligent said...

The jury will disregard the invitation by the president of the United States to the defendant Donald Trump to a presidential debate.

The Godfather said...

I saw the first "Presidential Debate" between Nixon and Kennedy. I was too young to vote (you had to be 21 in those dark olden days), but not too young to conclude that the exercise was a joke. As it turned out, they BOTH became President. The debate would have told you nothing about how either of them would perform in the office. OK, they were BOTH imperfect -- did you need a debate to tell you that?

Trump supporters thought (hoped) 4 years ago that a debate would show up Biden as a mindless ninny. They forgot that Joe has succeeded in politics for decades as a mindless ninny.

The Democrats' apparent strategy is the have Trump in jail throughout the campaign. On the other hand, remember Mayor Curley of Boston who won re-election from jail.

Skeptical Voter said...

The story--like a lot of Biden stories--keeps changing. First time out it was Biden who had issued the challenge. Now the story changes and Biden has accepted the challenge.

Challenge is a word that Biden should avoid. After all a guy who is mentally challenged should not bring attention to the fact.

But come the debate, it if ever happens, Biden's doctors will have him so juiced that he just might be able to play football for Navy and displace Roger Staubach. The Juice Is Loose--as they used to say about the guy who has now stopped looking for the person who murdered Nicole Simpson.

PM said...

I think Joe said "I have received, and accepted, an invitation from CNN for a debate on June 27 pause."

mezzrow said...

Professor Althouse as the moderator would be a gas. "Cruel Neutrality" would have both "yes ma'am-ing" before 30 minutes passed.

I would pay to see that debate for sure. I will see a unicorn in my driveway before that happens, unfortunately.

Tina Trent said...

True Jerry, but the property isn't worth anything because of the crime.

I used to walk from Five Points to CNN five to seven days a week to work in the freight docks below it. If it rained, I might change trains all the way in. There is not an inch of that mile I don't know intimately, walking or on transit. Walking was always safer.

You couldn't pay me to do that today, though I'm no smarter. I may actually be dumber.

Tina Trent said...

And if Trump is in jail or prison, he's going to Johnny Cash the shit out of it.

walter said...

New condition: Spaz Pelosi gets to sit behind Trump, making faces and tearing up papers.

lonejustice said...

Trump is foolish for accepting these debates with these conditions. Once again, Trump has no idea what is at stake, and how he is being manipulated, not only by the Deep State, but by the main stream media and the Democrats. He has no clue. The only person in America who could possibly lose this presidential election is Donald Trump.

lonejustice said...

loudogblog said...

Here was Biden's list of demands to debate Trump:
- No audience.
- No RFK Jr.
- No Trump remarks during Biden's answers.
- Only Biden-friendly outlets & anchors can moderate (from CBS, ABC, CNN or Telemundo).
----------------------

And yet Trump took the bait and agreed to it. What a fool Trump really is.

Never-Biden Never-Putin said...

"Debate on FOX News or F off.... leftwing protected mob-Pussy."

that would be a fun thing for Trump to say.

gilbar said...

i'm assuming that, while they will PRETEND that Biden is in Atlanta..
His responses to the questions will be prerecorded (with many MANY camera cuts)..
OBVIOUSLY The President of The United States is NOT going to stoop so low as to respond to a CRIMINAL!

Mason G said...

" What a fool Trump really is."

The guy who, with no political experience at all, beat Hillary in 2016? And who (absent the voting fraud) beat Brandon in 2020?

What a fool, indeed.

rehajm said...

Over/under on moderators …what you mean to say Mr President… : 3.5

Mason G said...

Watched the video. Very presidential.

FullMoon said...

" No Trump remarks during Biden's answers."

Will they cut his mic? Trump should ignore the rule and switch the subject to Ukraine financing, border invasion, inflation, and crime every time he speaks.

And, do the personal insults, bottom of Joes law school, plagerism, 18 wheeler pilot,
shower with daughter, hair sniffing...

Drago said...

LLR-democratical lonejustice is embarrassing himself.

Again.

LOL

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Michael said...

I expect they gave him the questions as a condition of agreeing to debate. Give him some time to memorize answers

Aggie said...

Is it going to be live? Or is it going to be recorded and re-broadcast? If it's live - will there be an imposed broadcast delay? And will the microphones have a 'kill' switch at the 'director's discretion'? Trump needs to have his own cameras running to avoid the 'gotcha' moments that will no doubt arise later.

Don't know if I would watch it, or not - I might, just to catch Trump's response to a 'Candy Crowley' moment, should one arise....

If they aren't appearing together 'live' on the same stage, I would be highly suspicious; I'm not aware that A.I. has progressed to the point where it could serve up a Joe Biden a stand-in, in real time, but I would guess it ain't far off. Of course, as credible A.I. challenges go, Joe sets the bar pretty low for capability, so....

Never-Biden Never-Putin said...

If Trump doesn't show up - CNN will simply give Biden a tongue bath and a pudding cup.

Achilles said...

lonejustice said...

Trump is foolish for accepting these debates with these conditions. Once again, Trump has no idea what is at stake, and how he is being manipulated, not only by the Deep State, but by the main stream media and the Democrats. He has no clue. The only person in America who could possibly lose this presidential election is Donald Trump.

So just pure objective facts:

Trump received 12 million more votes than any Republican in history.

Trump received 10 million more votes than Barrack's first run.

Trump received 13 million more votes than Barrack's second run.

Trump beat Biden 75 million to 60 million and they mailed in 20 million votes the day after the election.

There aren't any current political tribes as wrong and worthless as the Nevertrump Neocon warmonger Romneycare Republicans.

Jim at said...

The only person in America who could possibly lose this presidential election is Donald Trump.

If that's the case, how 'bout your shut your trap, file your papers and show the rest of us how it's done.

Mike (MJB Wolf) said...

How did Desantis enter this conversation? Oh yeah. It’s just April Obsession again. The one who overlooks the daily drubbing Trump doles out to Crooked Joe and his lawfare henchmen to somehow some way white knight for the guy who flamed out early in the primaries and endorsed Trump wholeheartedly too. Show me on your Desantis doll where the Bad Orange Man hurt you.

iowan2 said...

New restrictions are in the works

Biden will be on camera, debating Trump, calling in on Zoom, using dial up internet connection.

Freder Frederson said...

Trump beat Biden 75 million to 60 million and they mailed in 20Obama million votes the day after the election.

Sorry, this is not an objective fact. In fact it is an outright lie. An "objective fact" requires irrefutable evidence. You have none.

I didn't bother to check the accuracy of your other three objective facts. Although last I checked, 74,223,975(Trump in 2020)-69,498,516(Obama 2008) is nowhere near 10 million. That is objective math.

Never-Biden Never-Putin said...

Freder - There is plenty of evidence.
That it's not allowed to see the light of day/ smothered/hidden... we all know.

Freder Frederson said...

That it's not allowed to see the light of day/ smothered/hidden... we all know.

Like the evidence Rudy Guiliani had that ballot counters were pulling fake ballots out of suitcases? That lie cost (or at least is supposed to cost him) $148 million. He also has a myriad of other criminal and civil cases pending, and has been disbarred.

Bryant said...

His handlers decided he is going to lose and is too far behind. They have him agree to the debates and then will pump him full of drugs again like the SoU. This time they will add a little extra so that he will suffer some kind of fatal health issue during the debate. Then they can blame Trump for his death and get an instant boost for their replacement candidate.

Rusty said...

Freder
Biden admitted he committed vote fraud.

Mike (MJB Wolf) said...

"We have the largest vote fraud effort in history!" FJB 2020

Joe Bar said...

I'm not watching unless Joe Rogan gets to moderate.