Donald Trump Confirms He Will Not Be Doing Another Debate.

His team has decided that’s what’s best.

Lauren Elizabeth
3 min readSep 13, 2024
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Well, it’s official.

Former President Donald Trump has said he will be doing no more debates with Vice President Kamala Harris.

Irie Sentner and Merideth McGraw with Politico write:

“Donald Trump will not debate Kamala Harris again, the former president said Thursday.

“THERE WILL BE NO THIRD DEBATE!,” Trump wrote in all caps on Truth Social, referencing the first as his June debate with President Joe Biden and the second as his debate with Harris on Tuesday.

Harris’ campaign, which did not immediately respond to a request for comment, had challenged Trump to an additional debate immediately following their showdown earlier this week, and Fox News offered to host it…”

Personally, I’m not surprised at all.

If we’re being honest it was always going to be a damned if you do, damned if you don’t double edged sword type of situation for Donald Trump and his campaign. If they don’t do the debate, which ultimately is clearly the path they have chosen and understandably so, then they’re choosing to allow that to be the lasting impression that Donald Trump will leave with the national audience before the…

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Lauren Elizabeth
Lauren Elizabeth

Written by Lauren Elizabeth

Lauren is a writer & leftist with analysis on topics related to politics & policy. She can be reached at LaurenMartinchek@gmail.com or Twitter @xlauren_mx

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