Joe Biden agrees to debate Donald Trump after weeks of uncertainty


There were doubts the 2024 US election rivals would agree to the traditional televised face-off. 6park.com
拜登证实他愿与特朗普辩论，尽管他称这位共和党前总统对美国的民主制度构成威胁。这消除了围绕今年两人会不会再次辩论的悬念。



US President Joe Biden said he was “happy” to debate Donald Trump, after weeks of uncertainty about whether the two leading candidates in the race for the White House would abide by the tradition of a televised face-off.  6park.com
美国总统乔•拜登(Joe Biden)表示他“乐意”与唐纳德•特朗普(Donald Trump)进行辩论。这消除了围绕两位领先总统竞选人会不会延续电视直播辩论传统的悬念；此前数周在这个问题上存在不确定性。 6park.com
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In an interview with Howard Stern, the US radio host, on Friday, Biden said he was willing to debate the former Republican president, even though he has dubbed him a threat to the country’s democracy. 6park.com
周五，拜登在接受美国电台主持人霍华德•斯特恩(Howard Stern)采访时表示，他愿意与特朗普辩论，尽管他称这位共和党前总统对美国的民主制度构成威胁。 6park.com
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“I don’t know when, I am happy to debate him,” Biden told Stern during the interview in New York. Trump and Biden debated each other during the 2020 presidential campaign, as has been the norm for decades, but there have been doubts about their appetite for another round in 2024. 6park.com
“我不知道什么时候（能进行），我乐意与他辩论，”拜登在纽约接受采访时告诉斯特恩。特朗普与拜登曾在2020年大选的竞选期间进行辩论，保持了确立已有几十年的传统，但人们曾对他们是否有兴趣在2024年再一次举行辩论表示怀疑。 6park.com
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Trump refused to debate any of his rivals for the Republican presidential nomination in 2023 and early this year, and has often been critical of the networks and moderators of presidential debates. Biden had not said until Friday whether he would be willing to participate, casting doubt on his desire for a direct televised confrontation. 6park.com
在2023年和今年初的共和党总统候选人初选期间，特朗普拒绝与任何对手进行辩论，并经常批评主持总统辩论的电视台和主持人。拜登在周五之前从未表示他愿不愿意参加辩论，令人对他与对手进行直播辩论的意愿产生疑虑。 6park.com
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But Trump has increasingly put pressure on Biden to debate him, forcing the president’s hand. On Friday, after Biden said he was available to debate, Trump responded that he could even do it immediately on Friday evening or next week. 6park.com
但特朗普近来日益向拜登施压，要求举行辩论，迫使总统回应。周五，在拜登表态证实他可以参加辩论后，特朗普回应称，他可以马上进行辩论，甚至安排在周五晚或下周都行。 6park.com
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“Everyone knows he doesn’t really mean it, but in case he does, I say, ANYWHERE, ANYTIME, ANYPLACE, an old expression used by Fighters,” Trump wrote on Truth Social, in between appearances in a New York courtroom where he is on trial facing criminal charges that he falsified business records to help his political prospects. 6park.com
“每个人都知道这不是他的真实意愿，但万一他真有这个意愿，我会借用角斗士使用的古老表达方式说，‘任何地方、任何时间、任何场所’，”特朗普在纽约法庭出庭间隙在其社交媒体平台Truth Social上写道。他正在接受刑事庭审，检方指控他为了提升自己的政治前景而伪造商业记录。 6park.com
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In recent US elections, there have been three presidential debates and one vice-presidential debate, in the final weeks of the campaign and usually in September or October. 6park.com
从最近几次美国大选的安排看，竞选活动的最后几周（通常在9月或10月）会举行三场总统候选人辩论和一场副总统候选人辩论。 6park.com
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The non-partisan Commission on Presidential Debates has announced the first presidential debate is set to occur at Texas State University on September 16, with the second at Virginia State University on October 1, and the third on October 9 at the University of Utah. 6park.com
无党派的总统辩论委员会(Commission on Presidential Debates)已宣布，第一场总统辩论将于9月16日在得克萨斯州立大学(Texas State University)举行，第二场总统辩论将于10月1日在弗吉尼亚州立大学(Virginia State University)举行，第三场总统辩论将于10月9日在犹他大学(University of Utah)举行。 6park.com
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But the Trump and Biden campaigns could agree to set their own schedule and choose the format and moderators — and decide to debate much earlier than usual. 6park.com
但特朗普和拜登的竞选团队可以同意设定自己的时间表，自行选择辩论形式和主持人，并且比平常年份更早举行辩论。