Donald Trump gave himself a nickname that's reminiscent of a used car salesman to challenge president Joe Biden to a debate.
The former president refused to debate any of his Republican opponents, but he repeated his challenge to debate Biden "anytime, anywhere, anyplace" in an overnight Truth Social post that took glancing shots at vanquished presidential primary rivals.
"Dean Phillips, who just 'quit' in his hapless campaign against Crooked Joe Biden, was not very good at his craft, politics," Trump began. "In fact, I would say that he was far worse than the Republican challengers to me, with a few exceptions."
"I’ll give you those names if you like, but I’d rather get down to the serious business of defeating the worst President in the history of the United States, by far, Crooked Joe Biden!!!" Trump added. "For the good of our now failing Nation, and in order to inform the American people of what is going on in our Country, we must immediately have a full scale debate between Crooked Joe and Honest Don. I’m ready to go, ANY TIME, ANY PLACE!"
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The Commission on Presidential Debates typically organizes and stages three debates in a presidential election year, and Biden and Trump debated twice in 2020 but a third event was canceled after Trump balked at the nonpartisan commission changing its format to a virtual event to prevent the spread of COVID-19.
Trump had tested positive for the virus three days before his first debate against Biden, according to the former president's chief of staff Mark Meadows, but faced off against his Democratic rival, who was 77 years old at the time.
Biden responded to Trump's challenge last week by saying he would debate his Republican challenger on one condition: "It depends on his behavior."
