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Donald Trump will not take part in another debate against Vice President Kamala Harris, the Republican candidate announced on his Truth Social platform on Thursday.
“When a prizefighter loses a fight, the first words out of his mouth are, ‘I WANT A REMATCH,’” Trump wrote. “Polls clearly show that I won the Debate against Comrade Kamala Harris, the Democrats’ Radical Left Candidate, on Tuesday night, and she immediately called for a Second Debate.”
“She was a no-show at the Fox Debate, and refused to do NBC & CBS,” he added. “KAMALA SHOULD FOCUS ON WHAT SHE SHOULD HAVE DONE DURING THE LAST ALMOST FOUR YEAR PERIOD.
“THERE WILL BE NO THIRD DEBATE!”
This comes as the former president is continuing to battle the fallout from the debate, which he was widely believed to have lost after allowing himself to be baited by the Democrat into ranting about Haitian immigrants eating domestic pets and post-birth abortions — which he repeated at a rally in Arizona on Thursday afternoon.
Three major snap polls of viewers conducted in the aftermath of the contest suggest Harris came out comfortably on top by a combined margin of 23 percentage points.
Trump gave Harris a shocking two-word compliment after the debate
In what marks only their second time ever meeting in person, the two candidates were reunited on Wednesday morning as they both attended the 9/11 memorial ceremony in New York City.
The political rivals cordially shook hands – while President Joe Biden stood close by and former New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg appeared to play mediator.
Trump then cupped his hand around Harris’s ear and offered her a surprising compliment on her debate performance.
Watch: ‘She whooped him so badly that he’s afraid to come back’
Watch: Buttigieg says Trump won’t debate Harris again because he’s embarrassed about losing
George W Bush’s attorney general torches Trump as ‘threat to the rule of law’ in op-ed endorsing Harris
George W Bush’s attorney general has slammed Donald Trump as “the most serious threat to the rule of law in a generation” in a scathing op-ed, adding himself to the growing list of Republicans endorsing Kamala Harris for president.
Alberto R Gonzales, who served as Bush’s White House counsel from 2001 to 2005 when he then became the US attorney general from 2005 to 2007, penned an op-ed in Politico explaining, unabashedly, why he plans to vote for Harris in November following her debate against Trump.
In it, he warned of the dangers he believes Trump poses to the country’s “rule of law,” pointing to the state of the other governmental branches, the former president’s role on January 6 2021, and his ongoing legal woes.
Watch: 9/11 advocate says Trump running to stay out of jail, not capable of solid thought, ‘I don’t like him’
Roy Cohn: Ruthless McCarthy lieutenant-turned-Trump mentor so universally loathed he was ‘a new strain of sonofab****’
He was a lawyer with a two-syllable name, a colourfully complicated personal life and a Rasputin-like grip on United States politics – especially in New York.
The very mention of Roy Cohn during his four decades of headline ubiquity could spark anything from anger to hatred to fear; his shadowy legend persists nearly 40 years after the death of a man dubbed a “new strain of sonofabitch” – by his own autobiography co-author, no less.
Now those that missed Cohn’s infamous antics the first time around will meet him in a new film, The Apprentice, by director Ali Abbasi, which will be released in theaters in October. Pop culture darling Jeremy Strong from Succession stars as Cohn, the Joseph McCarthy lieutenant who created the blueprint that Donald Trump followed all the way to the presidency.
Roy Cohn, the ‘evil’ McCarthy lieutenant who got Trump elected
Decades before Trump erected his Tower, an insidiously well-connected New York power-player was cutting a ruthless path through US society, politics and courtroom battles. A new film charts Roy Cohn’s outsized influences on America and the 45th president, writes Sheila Flynn
Watch: Walz gives his assessment of Trump-Harris presidential debate performance
Hakeem Jeffries slams Trump for bringing Laura Loomer to 9/11 ceremony
Watch: Lincoln Project releases new post-debate ad eviscerating Trump over debate performance
Jimmy Kimmel ridicules Trump over reaction to Taylor Swift’s Harris endorsement
“She signed it with a shot at JD Vance: ‘With love and hope, Taylor Swift Childless Cat Lady’,” Kimmel shared, quipping: “Good work JD, you really screwed the sofa bed with this one.”
Source: independent.co.uk
