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Trump reveals in late-night post he's agreed to debate Harris — but not on ABC News

Facing intense backlash for walking back his commitment to appear at a scheduled Sept. 10 debate on ABC, former President Donald Trump took to his app Friday night to declare he's agreed to a new debate — on a different network."I have agreed with FoxNews to debate Kamala Harris on Wednesday, September 4th," the MAGA leader wrote late Friday on Truth Social. "The Debate was previously scheduled against Sleepy Joe Biden on ABC, but has been terminated in that Biden will no longer be a participant, and I am in litigation against ABC Network and George Slopadopoulos, thereby creating a conflict of interest." Trump added that the FoxNews debate will be held in Pennsylvania, but that the site has not been determined. "The Moderators of the Debate will be Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum, and the Rules will be similar to the Rules of my Debate with Sleepy Joe, who has been treated horribly by his Party – BUT WITH A FULL ARENA AUDIENCE!…"Trump said that if Harris fails to appear "for any reason" — "is unwilling or unable to debate on that date" — that he has agreed to do a town hall on Fox News on the same Sept. 4 date. ALSO READ: We asked 10 Republican senators: ‘Is Kamala Harris Black?’ Things got weird fast"My preference would be the Debate, but the Townhall will be very exciting also," he wrote. "I look forward to seeing everybody, and especially Kamala Harris, on September 4th, in the Great Commonwealth of Pennsylvania!"In a separate post, Trump accused Democrats of unconstitutionally — and "unceremoniously" — swapping President Joe Biden with Vice President Kamala Harris."This has never been done before, and is a Threat to Democracy, but I am totally prepared to accept the results of this 'coup,' and replace Joe on the Debate stage with Crazy Kamala Harris," he said. Trump complained that he spent hundreds of millions of dollars, time, and effort campaigning against Biden, boasted that he won the debate between the two, only for Democrats to toss a new candidate into the ring. "Not fair, but it is what it is! Nevertheless, different Candidate or not, their bad Policies are the same, and this will be strongly revealed at the September 4th Debate."Trump's latest rant comes after goading from the Harris campaign.This week, Harris led the crowd at a packed rally in Atlanta in jeering Trump for reneging on his promise to debate Sept. 10."So, the momentum in this race is shifting," Harris at the rally. "And there are signs that Donald Trump is feeling it. You may have noticed. So last week, you may have seen he pulled out of the debate in September he had previously agreed to." The crowd booed."So here's the thing," she said. "Here's the funny thing about that. So he won't debate, but he and his running mate sure seem to have a lot to say about me. And by the way, don't you find some of their stuff to just be plain weird? Well, Donald, I do hope you'll reconsider to meet me on the debate stage. Because as the saying goes, if you got something to say, say it to my face."