Biden says he’s game for a pair of debates with Trump: ‘Let’s pick the dates, Donald’

President Joe Biden on Wednesday threw down a proverbial gauntlet in front of his likely 2024 election opponent, former president Donald Trump, by challenging the twice-impeached ex-president to a pair of debates in June and October.

In a video released by his campaign, Mr Biden declared that Mr Trump had lost both of the debates they participated in during the 2020 election cycle and noted that the ex-president hadn’t shown up for a single debate during the 2024 Republican primary even as he has claimed — without evidence — that the 46th president is unwilling to debate him.

“Now he’s acting like he wants to debate me again? Make my day, pal — I’ll even do it twice,” he said. “So let’s pick the date!”

Mr Biden wryly added that he hears the former president “is free on Wednesdays,” a reference to the schedule in Mr Trump’s ongoing criminal trial in New York City.

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