Trump plans to debate Biden ahead of 2024 elec­tion, but Biden has­n’t com­mit­ted

For­mer Pres­i­dent Don­ald Trump appears to be plan­ning to debate Pres­i­dent Joe Biden ahead of the pres­i­den­tial elec­tion if he is the Repub­li­can nom­i­nee, despite not par­tic­i­pat­ing in the pri­ma­ry debates. Biden notably has­n’t sig­naled the same will­ing­ness.
After the sec­ond Repub­li­can pri­ma­ry debate Wednes­day, a senior advis­er for Trump called on the Repub­li­can Nation­al Com­mit­tee to can­cel future pri­ma­ry debates, not­ing that the for­mer pres­i­dent con­tin­ues to loom large over oppo­nents in polls.
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In a Thurs­day post, Trump senior advis­er Chris LaCivi­ta made it clear that he intends to be the nom­i­nee and also plans to take on Biden in debates before the pres­i­den­tial elec­tion in 2024. His inten­tion to debate ahead of a pres­i­den­tial con­test was uncer­tain after he opt­ed to skip the pri­ma­ry debates.
“Dont wor­ry @JoeBiden.…you will get your chance to Debate @realDonaldTrump .…count­ing down the days,” LaCivi­ta post­ed to X, respond­ing to the pres­i­dent.

Biden had writ­ten “Could­n’t agree more,” link­ing to a video of Gov. Ron DeSan­tis (R‑FL) call­ing Trump out at the de …