President Donald Trump has suggested that his defamation lawsuit against ABC News anchor George Stephanopoulos won’t prevent his debate with Kamala Harris from moving forward on the network.
On Wednesday, Trump told “Fox & Friends” that the media is trying to turn Harris into a liberal version of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.
He pointed out that the Democrat nominee hasn’t given an interview since President Joe Biden was pushed off the ticket.
“I don’t know how she debates,” Trump said.
“I heard she’s sort of a nasty person but not a good debater, but we’ll see because we’ll be debating her, I guess, in the pretty near future.
“It’s going to be announced fairly soon, but we’ll be debating her.”
Those comments from Trump sparked curiosity from the “Fox & Friends” co-hosts.
Trump has agreed to debate Harris on Fox News but has insisted a previously planned ABC News debate – that was agreed to when Biden was the presumptive nominee – could be a conflict of interest.
He is currently in litigation against Stephanopoulos.
Trump is suing Stephanopoulos over comments he made in March.
Stephanopoulos wrongly asserted that Trump was found “liable for rape” in a