Donald Trump Says He Will Not Allow The CPD To Make Changes For Next Debates With Joe Biden
President Donald Trump said he will not allow changes to the debate changes that the CPD (Commission on Presidential Debates) said it will introduce for the second presidential debate. The commission's decision comes after a chaotic first debate, which saw Fox News reporter Chris Wallace struggling to convince the president to follow debate rules.
Trump on Thursday said that he would not accept any changes to the rules on his impending debates with former vice president Joe Biden following their chaotic and bitter first showdown. Taking to his Twitter account, Trump suggested that he wouldn't allow the commission to alter the rules for the second and third debates, considering that he effortlessly won the first debate.
During a call with reporters, the president's top campaign officials said Trump will not shy away from participating in the next debates, adding that he is looking forward to winning them. One of the officials, however, accused the leadership of the Commission on Presidential Debates of introducing changes to help Biden.
Trump campaign official Jason Miller said Trump fully plans not only on participating but also winning the second, as well as the third debate in the presidential contest. Noting that there should not be changes to what has already been agreed to and set out, Miller said the Biden camp is trying to bring in those changes because their candidate did not win on Tuesday.
Contrary to Miller's statement, multiple polls show that voters believe Biden won the first debate, CNBC reported. The Democratic presidential nominee vowed Thursday that he would not back out of the second debate.
Trump campaign manager Bill Stepien during the press call said that the Commission on Presidential Debates claims to be nonpartisan, but its board members have made critical comments about Trump. Without explaining why the campaign initially agreed to have the commission sponsor the debates, despite these concerns, Stepien said those board members have contributed to Democratic candidates.
A day after the commission announced it is gearing up to make changes to the format of the remaining debates, Trump responded through a tweet and a press call. The commission is planning to make those changes in a bid to prevent a repeat of the chaotic first debate between Trump and Biden in Cleveland on Tuesday night.
The debate was widely criticized due to moderator Chris Wallace's inability to stop Trump from interrupting Biden’s allotted time for answering questions. Aside from that, the Fox News reporter failed to stop the two candidates from name-calling one another.