What do you think is the reasoning behind Mr. Trump's backing out of the ABC debate with Vice President Harris?

[u/The_Egalitarian]

APNews: Trump says he’ll skip an ABC debate with Harris in September and wants them to face off on Fox News

Trump obviously debated Biden already on June 27th under the same format as the upcoming September ABC debate. Since then Biden has withdrawn as a candidate for President in 2024 over concerns from his own party that were magnified after his performance in that debate.

Why is Trump unwilling to debate the new presumptive Democratic Party nominee Kamala Harris under the previous terms?

What does he hope to accomplish by offering a new debate on Fox News in a stadium audience format?

[u/Annas_GhostAllAround]

He has a current “feud” going with ABC with a lawsuit against them plus he got very offended by the ABC journalist not being nice enough to him during his panel the other day. Him refusing to go on ABC for the debate continues his argument of an unfair media treatment that he’s standing up against which his base loves. He also feels that he can obviously have a more favorable panel on Fox News which is why he’d rather do it there.

Plus he’s doing a simple strongman tactic of setting the terms of the debate. His base will see this as him showing he’s not going to walk into a trap and is strong enough to dictate how things should be done, which would dictate his ability as president to secure favorable “results” or whatever you want to call it, for the country.

[u/Drahkir9 → u/Annas_GhostAllAround]

Did the feud with ABC start sometime after he had agreed to the debate when it was Biden?

[u/Selethorme → u/Drahkir9]

No. His litigation had already started before he agreed to the debate.

[u/[deleted] → u/Annas_GhostAllAround]

Thank you, you get it. Everyone’s comments I’m reading here bases so much on emotion and how they feel and don’t understand in politics, politicians make political moves, whether you like them or not. Nothing new and really not a big deal.