Reject Second Debate Against Kamala Harris, This Is Donald Trump's Reason

The public watched via television broadcasts of the US presidential candidate debate between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris on September 10, 2024. (Hiroko Masuike/The New York Times)

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Saturday (21/9) said it was too late to have another debate after his rival Vice President Kamala Harris accepted CNN's invitation to return to face the former president on October 23.

"I am happy to accept the second presidential debate on October 23. I hope @realDonaldTrump will join me," Harris wrote on X.

The vice president is ready to re-sharing the stage with Trump, campaign leader Jen O'mendor said in a statement.

"Donald Trump should have no problem agreeing to this debate. His format and arrangements are the same as the CNN debate he attended and said he won last June, as he praised the CNN moderators, rules and ratings," addedester.

However, during a campaign in North Carolina state, Trump said it was "delayed to hold another debate."

"He's had one debate. I've done two. It's too late to have another one. I want it, in many ways, but it's too late. The vote has been recorded," Trump said as reported by Antara.

"He had the opportunity to do it with Fox. You know, Fox invited us, and I waited and waited, but they refused. They refused, but now he wants to hold a debate just before the election with CNN because he lost badly," added the former president.

After a poor performance in the debate against Trump in June, President Joe Biden resigned from his presidential candidacy and supported Harris as a Democratic competitor for the November 5 election.

Harris and Trump had their first debate on September 10.

After that, Harris' campaign team immediately pushed for a second debate, but Trump announced that he would not participate in any other debate, arguing that he had won against "Camerad Kamala Harris".

Trump later stated that he might be open to a third debate.

"Maybe if I were in the right mood," he told reporters last week.