Another debate could still be on the table…
Former White House Communications Director Anthony Scaramucci says another showdown between Republican Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris is only a matter of time.
Scaramucci famously served in his role within the Trump administration for only 11 days.
“It's 100 percent that he's gonna debate,” Scaramucci told CNN's Anderson Cooper on AC360. “I'll make that prediction here. He's a wrestler, you know, he's like a UFC thing. He's gonna say he's not gonna debate. He knows he lost the debate.”
Earlier Thursday, Trump posted to his Truth Social site declared “THERE WILL BE NO THIRD DEBATE.” (RELATED: Trump Rejects Fox News' Proposed Moderators For Second Kamala Debate)
Trump and Harris met for the first time Tuesday on the Philadelphia debate stage. Immediately following Harris's widely-viewed win, her campaign said she was willing to debate Trump a second time ahead of the election.
Trump squashed the potential for a second meeting saying in his post that she should “FOCUS ON WHAT SHE SHOULD HAVE DONE DURING THE LAST ALMOST FOUR YEAR PERIOD.”
Scaramucci during the CNN appearance pointed to Trump entering his spin room after the debate and said the former president wouldn't have done that if he knew he had performed well.
“He knows he lost the debate and he knows he's debating her again but he has to have a build up,” Scaramucci, who served only 11 days in the Trump administration, said. “He think it's a negotiating chip. He's trying to show his macho flex.”
Earlier this week, Fox News sent letters to the Trump and harris campaign officially proposing a second debate.
According to the letters, the debate would feature Fox News anchors Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum as moderators in a 90-minute format with muted mics and no audience present.
The network's proposal, which was sent out at 7:30 p.m. (EDT), mere hours before rival ABC News' presidential debate, suggests three dates and locations across key battleground states as early voting begins.
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