NBC News analyst Chuck Todd said he doubts there will be a debate between President Biden and former President Trump.
Todd said it would be hard for Biden to justify sharing a stage with Trump given how confrontational the conversations would likely be.
“Where do you put the chances of a debate actually happening?” MSNBC’s Chris Jansing asked.
While Biden is an institutionalist who would allow intelligence briefings for the opposing nominee, Todd felt debates would not actually help Trump and that more exposure to him is not usually helpful for winning over swing voters.
Todd assessed that debates would be unlikely and did not see them as particularly beneficial for Trump’s goals.
“I think it’s pretty low. I would be surprised if there’s a debate. It is really hard to justify sharing a stage with Trump knowing how the conversation’s going to go,” Todd said.
He added, “If Trump is serious about going down the road of the commission on presidential debates, Joe Biden is a traditionalist and an institutionalist. For instance, he’s already made the decision he’s going to okay intelligence briefings for the presumptive nominee when Donald Trump is the presumptive nominee. There are a lot of people that are concerned he’s going to be getting sensitive briefings like this.”
“I just, I doubt it. I don’t see, you know, and frankly it’s sort of funny to me that Trump’s the one calling for him right now because I think they don’t help him. Debates don’t help him. I don’t know whether they’re going to help Biden or not but I don’t think they help Trump much at all. More Trump is never usually helpful to winning over swing voters,” he said.
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