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Trump threatens to skip Harris debate, rages at wasting time and money on Biden post-exit

  • Enraged by the Democrats’ surprise move, Trump threatened to bail on the ABC debate, claiming the network was ‘not worthy’ of hosting it

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Donald Trump speaks during a campaign event in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on Saturday. Photo: Bloomberg
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Donald Trump is not happy about Joe Biden dropping out of the race, and he has been blasting Democrats for making his campaign “start all over”.
The former president posted several angry rants on his platform Truth Social, accusing Democrats of wasting Republicans’ time and money. He even alleged that their last-minute switch-up all but replacing Biden with Vice-President Kamala Harris amounts to fraud.

“So, we are forced to spend time and money on fighting Crooked Joe Biden, he polls badly after having a terrible debate, and quits the race,” the Republican nominee wrote on Sunday. “Now we have to start all over again. Shouldn’t the Republican Party be reimbursed for fraud in that everybody around Joe, including his doctors and the Fake News Media, knew he was not capable of running for, or being, President? Just askin’?”

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Trump then wrote on Monday night that Democrats “mislead the Republican Party, causing it to waste a great deal of time and money”.

He even hinted at bailing on the coming ABC debate, scheduled for September 10, writing on Truth Social that the network is “among the absolute WORST in the business” and is “not worthy of holding a Debate”.

US President Joe Biden speaks to the press in Maryland on Tuesday. He dropped his re-election bid on Sunday and has been recovering from Covid. Photo: AFP
US President Joe Biden speaks to the press in Maryland on Tuesday. He dropped his re-election bid on Sunday and has been recovering from Covid. Photo: AFP

Trump’s campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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