Biden and Trump agree on debates in June and September, but details could be challenge

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

47% : Trump, in a post on his Truth Social site, said he was "Ready and Willing to Debate" Biden at the proposed times.
47% : Star witness Michael Cohen directly implicates Trump in testimony at hush money trialMORE: U.S. appeals court says Camp Hill's limits on political lawn signs are unconstitutionalHours later, Biden said he accepted an invitation from CNN to a debate on June 27, adding, "Over to you, Donald.
47% : "I would strongly recommend more than two debates and, for excitement purposes, a very large venue, although Biden is supposedly afraid of crowds - That's only because he doesn't get them," Trump said.
46% : Biden's campaign has long held a grudge against the nonpartisan commission for failing to evenly apply its rules during the 2020 Biden-Trump matchups -- most notably when it didn't enforce its COVID-19 testing rules on Trump and his entourage -- and Biden's team has held talks with television networks and some Republicans about ways to circumvent the commission's grip on presidential debates.
36% : "Trump has been pushing for more debates and earlier debates, arguing voters should be able to see the two men face off well before early voting begins in September.
35% : In teeing up the debates, both Biden and Trump traded barbs on social media -- each claiming victory the last time they faced-off in 2020.
33% : "The Biden campaign also proposed that the Biden-Trump debates this year be hosted by "any broadcast organization that hosted a Republican Primary debate in 2016 in which Donald Trump participated, and a Democratic primary debate in 2020 in which President Biden participated -- so neither campaign can assert that the sponsoring organization is obviously unacceptable: if both candidates have previously debated on their airwaves, then neither could object to such venue.
33% : The president first indicated he would be willing to debate Trump during an interview with the radio host Howard Stern last month, telling him that "I am, somewhere.
16% : Biden's proposal would exclude third-party candidates, such as Robert F. Kennedy Jr.Trump's team did not immediately weigh in on the details of the Biden proposal, but Trump expressed his desire for a large live audience.
15% : There was little love lost for the commission as well from Trump, who objected to technical issues at his first debate with Democrat Hillary Clinton in 2016 and was upset after a debate with Biden was canceled in 2020 after the Republican came down with COVID-19.
14% : "Trump, for his part, said Biden was the "WORST debater I have ever faced - He can't put two sentences together!"The Democrat suggested that the two candidates could pick some dates, taking a dig at Trump's ongoing New York hush money trial by noting that the Republican is "free on Wednesdays," the usual day off in the trial.
12% : "Donald Trump lost two debates to me in 2020, since then, he hasn't shown up for a debate,' Biden said in a post on X, the site formerly known as Twitter.

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