Trump suggests White House as venue for debate with Biden: 'Would be very comfortable'

Former President Trump suggested the White House arsenic the venue for a statement against President Biden, saying helium "would beryllium precise comfortable." 

The presumptive 2024 Republican statesmanlike nominee, aft hours successful a Manhattan courtroom for the eigth time of his transgression trial, has repeatedly said helium volition statement Biden "anywhere, anytime, anyplace." 

Biden broke his soundlessness connected debating his 2024 hostile connected Friday during an interrogation with vigor big Howard Stern. Biden said helium would beryllium "happy" to statement Trump. 

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"I am, somewhere, I don’t cognize when," Biden said, aft Stern said helium didn’t cognize whether Biden would enactment successful a debate. "I’m blessed to statement him." 

Trump, soon aft Biden's interview, which helium did during a sojourn to New York City Friday, posted to his Truth Social relationship inviting Biden to statement him astatine the courthouse successful Lower Manhattan. 

Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the media arsenic helium leaves tribunal during his proceedings for allegedly covering up hush wealth payments astatine Manhattan Criminal Court  on April 22, 2024 successful New York City. (Brendan McDermid-Pool/Getty Images)

"In the alternative, he’s successful New York City today, though astir apt doesn’t cognize it, and truthful americium I, stuck successful 1 of the galore Court cases that helium instigated arsenic ELECTION INTERFERENCE AGAINST A POLITICAL OPPONENT - A CONTINUING WITCH HUNT!" Trump posted to Truth Social. "It’s the lone mode helium thinks helium tin win. In fact, let’s bash the Debate astatine the Courthouse contiguous - connected National Television, I'll hold around!" 

Trump, aft tribunal ended Friday, came retired and reflected connected the time of testimony. 

"We beryllium present day, aft day, aft day, which is their plan," Trump said of the Democrats, who helium said anticipation to triumph the election. "But I uncertainty it due to the fact that the canvass numbers are precise bully for us." 

Trump told reporters helium had invited Biden to debate. 

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"He tin bash it anytime helium wants, including tonight. He tin bash it tonight," Trump said. "I invited him to the courthouse that helium has america tied up in. This is simply a good coordinated onslaught connected a governmental opponent." 

Trump added: "But I'm here, I'm ready, consenting and able." 

Trump said "if helium wants, I'll bash it connected Monday night, Tuesday nighttime and Wednesday night." 

Trump said Wednesday nighttime helium volition run successful Michigan, saying it is simply a authorities that Biden "has destroyed due to the fact that of the car industry" and said car jobs are "all going implicit to China with his ridiculous electrical conveyance mandate." 

"But we're consenting to bash it Monday night, Tuesday night, Wednesday night, Thursday night, Friday nighttime connected nationalist television," Trump said. "We're ready. Just archer maine where." 

President Joe Biden speaks astatine the IBEW Construction and Maintenance Conference, Friday, April 19, 2024, successful Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

"We'll bash it astatine the White House," Trump said. "That would beryllium precise comfortable, actually. You archer maine where. We're ready." 

Trump told reporters that Biden was "obviously not showing up now" to the courthouse.

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"We've heard nothing, but helium said contiguous he'd emotion to debate," Trump said. "But helium won't debate. I don't deliberation he'll debate. Maybe helium will. Maybe helium will. I'm not definite helium has a choice." 

He added: "We're ready, consenting and able. We don't spot him and I don't deliberation he'll beryllium here. Maybe adjacent week he'll bash it." 

"I uncertainty it," Trump said. "But possibly adjacent week." 

Earlier this month, the Trump run called for further 2024 statesmanlike debates and for them to instrumentality spot "much earlier" than initially projected by the statement commission. 

U.S. President Donald Trump answers a question arsenic Democratic statesmanlike campaigner erstwhile Vice President Joe Biden listens during the last statesmanlike statement astatine the Curb Event Center astatine Belmont University successful Nashville, Tennessee, U.S., October 22, 2020. Morry Gash/Pool via REUTERS  REFILE - CORRECTING BYLINE (Morry Gash/Pool via REUTERS)

Trump, successful an exclusive interrogation with Fox News Digital soon after, said helium is "totally committed" to debating President Biden "anytime, anywhere, anyplace." 

As for Biden, earlier today, helium had not yet committed to debating his opponent. 

When asked past period if helium would statement the erstwhile president, Biden said it was babelike connected Trump’s "behavior." 

"Depends connected his behavior," Biden said. 

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Earlier this year, Biden addressed erstwhile calls for earlier debates with Trump.

"If I were him, I would privation to statement me, too," Biden told reporters successful Nevada erstwhile asked astir Trump wanting to statement him earlier successful the predetermination cycle.

"He’s got thing other to do," Biden said.