Trump threatens to quit Kamala debate after RFK Jr. backs him, condemns media.

The candidate who is perceived to be behind wants to debate more urgently.

Trump threatens to quit Kamala debate after RFK Jr. backs him, condemns media.
Trump threatens to quit Kamala debate after RFK Jr. backs him, condemns media.

The presidential race's state can be inferred from the discussions surrounding debates.

If only we could figure out what it is.

Yesterday at a Vietnamese restaurant in Virginia, Donald Trump suggested that Kamala Harris may be trying to back out of the Sept. 10 faceoff, and he accused "ABC FAKE NEWS" of reporting on the matter.

Michael Tyler, a top official in the Harris campaign, stated on MSNBC that the vice president is eager to debate and believed all issues had been resolved.

The debate will occur, and it appears that this is a last-minute negotiation, which Trump is known for.

The presidential debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump was a disaster, leading to Biden being knocked out of the race. Kamala Harris was then chosen as the substitute nominee, which Trump misses because nobody ran against her.

The candidate who is perceived to be falling behind or losing momentum desires the debate more urgently.

Donald Trump and Kamala Harris with Robert F. Kennedy Jr. inset
With Robert F. Kennedy Jr. abandoning his longshot presidential bid to join team Trump, the state of the race is anybody's guess – and incredibly hard to gauge. (Left: Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images; Right: Photo by ROBERTO SCHMIDT/AFP via Getty Images; Inset: Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

During the CNN debate, Biden requested that the unrecognized candidate's microphone be muted to prevent a repetition of their 2020 encounter, where Trump frequently interrupted him.

Kamala's campaign is arguing that keeping the mikes live during her speeches will show that Trump cannot maintain a presidential demeanor for 90 minutes.

If the former president frequently interrupts her, it will remind people of his negative traits and make him appear more rude when compared to a woman of color. As a result, she can accuse him of trampling on her.

Biden has always preferred the format of presidential fall debates that has been used in virtually every debate. However, the CNN debate was the exception, as it was held at his insistence.

Is this disagreement sufficient to halt the project? I believe not.

Trump has resumed tweeting.

This morning, I watched ABC News, which featured a biased and ridiculous interview by lightweight reporter Jonathan Carl of Tom Cotton. Additionally, their so-called Panel of Trump Haters was also present. I wonder why I would consider participating in a debate against Kamala Harris on that network.

Republican Presidential candidate, former U.S. president, Donald Trump.
Trump slammed ABC and other mainstream outlets in a Truth Social tirade suggesting he may not participate in his scheduled Sept. 10 debate with Vice President Harris. (Ian Maule/Getty Images)

Will Donna Brazil give the questions to the Marxist Candidate like she did for Crooked Hillary Clinton? Will Kamala's best friend, who heads up ABC, do likewise? After making fun of the name of George Stephanopoulos, Trump says: They've got a lot of questions to answer!!! Why did Harris turn down Fox, NBC, CBS, and even CNN? Stay tuned!!

The ABC panel that drew Trump's ire consisted of Karl, Jonanthan Martin, Rachael Bade, and Donna Brazile.

The 45th president, who is facing a hostile press corps, may be trying to grab some attention after a month of pro-Kamala coverage. The Democratic convention was successful by almost any measure, including Harris' speech. However, when Rachel Maddow said that she and others at the MSNBC mothership "stood up and cheered" over Tim Walz's appearance, that was rather striking.

As Trump runs against a 59-year-old woman, many pundits who once defended Biden's mental acuity are now trying to portray him as having lost a few steps.

Some journalists and commentators have expressed little interest in Harris' refusal to do interviews, with some even suggesting that she shouldn't because things are going so well. Her deputy campaign manager has stated that the first interview will take place by Aug. 31, and it will be with a sympathetic liberal.

In a week, Trump held two lengthy news conferences, but MSNBC did not take the second one live, with their pundits stating that he is a liar.

The withdrawal of RFK Jr. from the race and his endorsement of Trump could potentially aid him in a close contest. MSNBC, however, did not take his press conference live, despite the fact that they would have done so if he had endorsed Kamala Harris.

Although his siblings deemed his Trump endorsement a betrayal, Kennedy fans are still welcome to vote for him. In response, he blamed the media.

The five networks, ABC, NBC, CBS, MSNBC, and CNN, conducted only two live interviews, while instead airing a constant stream of negative, inaccurate, and offensive content.

"Government mouthpieces and stenographers, your institutions have become."

RFK Jr.
RFK Jr.'s withdrawal from the race effectively neutered the post-convention morale bump anticipated for Harris. (Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images)

While many interviews are pre-recorded, the reason the networks gave RFK minimal airtime was because he was a fringe candidate with no viable chance of winning any state. Despite being a colorful candidate, with statements such as claiming to have a brain worm and covering up the fact that he put a dead bear carcass in his car to eat for dinner, these actions were not the same as being a viable candidate.

RFK initially ran as a Democrat before becoming an independent. He attempted to negotiate with both Kamala and Trump to secure a top health care job in exchange for his endorsement, but the deal fell through.

He endorsed Trump without a job promise, unless there was a wink and a nod.

Doesn’t that raise questions about what Kennedy actually stands for?

As Bill Clinton and Barack Obama cautioned, Harris is likely to encounter a challenging two months during which Republicans will intensely criticize her record, particularly her 2020 left-wing positions that she altered without providing any explanation.

Some analysts believe that she portrays herself as the underdog to position herself as a change candidate, but in reality, she is the underdog.

by Howard Kurtz

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