Up for debate: Why Biden and Trump both think they've won the first messaging fight

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

62% : By noon on Wednesday, Biden and Trump had agreed to debates on CNN in June and ABC in September, in line with the requirements Biden had set in a video released earlier in the day.
43% : Not only did Biden's team sap Trump of an audience he is so fond of catering to -- he refused to agree to a virtual debate in 2020 that would have precluded a live audience -- but it also won relatively friendly venues in CNN and ABC.
42% : "President Biden made his terms clear for two one-on-one debates, and Donald Trump accepted those terms.
33% : Trump was pushing for debates against Biden, early and often, for most of the year, even before he had locked up the GOP nomination.
14% : Trump had strong fighting words for Biden after accepting his terms, saying the president was the "WORST debater" he had ever faced and to "just tell me when, I'll be there. '

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