Joe Biden and Donald Trump agree to two US presidential debates

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

43% : Later on Wednesday morning, Trump accepted Biden's offer to debate him in June and September, telling Fox News Digital that "it is time for a debate to take place - even if it has to be held through the offices of the Commission on Presidential Debates, which are totally controlled by Democrats and who, as people remember, got caught cheating with me with debate sound levels".
43% : "As Donald Trump has said he will debate 'anytime, anywhere', we hope both campaigns can quickly accept broadcast media debate invitations on the parameters above," the Biden campaign chair, Jen O'Malley Dillon, wrote in a letter to the commission before Trump's acceptance of the challenge.
42% : Shortly after the Biden-Harris re-election campaign proposed two TV debates between Joe Biden and Donald Trump ahead of November's presidential vote, both men have agreed upon two dates for debates: 27 June and 10 September.
29% : Trump, who has polling leads in five of six crucial swing states, has goaded Biden often, saying last month he was willing to debate his rival "anytime, anywhere, any place", starting "now".
24% : In CNN's press release announcing the 27 June debate, the news organization noted it would take place "in CNN's Atlanta studios" and "no audience will be present".Until now, there has been uncertainty about whether Biden would agree to debate Trump at all.
20% : Trump skipped every Republican primary debate, pointing to his polling lead in that selection process, and Biden refused to debate his Democratic challengers.
17% : A third date, 2 October, has been thrown out by Trump in a Truth Social post on Wednesday afternoon: "Let this TRUTH serve to represent that I hereby accept debating Crooked Joe Biden on FoxNews.
10% : "On Wednesday morning, Biden said in a video shared on social media: "Donald Trump lost two debates to me in 2020, and since then he hasn't shown up for a debate.
4% : In 2020, Biden and Trump debated twice, with a third debate canceled after Trump tested positive for Covid-19.

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