Biden challenges Trump to 2 presidential debates: 'Make my day'

President Joe Biden on Wednesday challenged Donald Trump to participate in two 2024 presidential debates.

"Donald Trump lost two debates to me in 2020. Since then, he hasn’t shown up for a debate," Biden said in a video message posted to social media. "Now he’s acting like he wants to debate me again. Well, make my day, pal."

President Joe Biden at Bowie State University on Nov. 7, 2022 in Bowie, Md. | Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks at the Washington Hilton on June 24, 2023 in Washington, DC.
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Though Biden announced through his campaign that he is bucking the decades-old tradition of fall meetings organized by the bipartisan Commission on Presidential Debates – and instead called on Trump to join him for two televised presidential debates in June and September organized by news organizations.

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