US election: Trump agrees to televised debate with challenger Harris on September 4
US President Joe Biden withdrew from the race for the White House on July 21 after a disastrous performance in the first televised debate of this campaign. Following his withdrawal, he endorsed Harris as the new Democratic candidate.
Before Biden's exit from the campaign, a second televised debate with Trump was scheduled for September 10 on ABC. It is expected that this debate will take place with Harris instead of Biden. However, Trump's campaign spokesman Steven Cheung stated last week that it was inappropriate to arrange this while Harris' status as the official Democratic candidate was not yet confirmed.
With Harris' victory in the party's vote, it is now virtually certain that the 59-year-old will challenge Trump in the US presidential election on November 5. Harris secured the Democratic presidential nomination on the second day of an electronic vote by US Democrats that began on Thursday, according to her party.
Joe Biden announced his decision to step down as a presidential candidate after the first debate, paving the way for Kamala Harris to become the Democratic nominee. Despite Trump's campaign spokesman expressing concerns about holding another debate with Harris' nomination not yet confirmed, the scheduled face-off between Harris and Trump in September remains a possibility.
