After President Joe Biden suggested he would be "happy" to debate Trump, many commentators on social media suggested that his own staff would see this as disastrous.
HBO's Bill Maher predicted President Biden will agree to debate former President Trump but insisted it's "gonna be bad" for Biden, suggesting he'll look "old and feeble" on stage.
Twelve national news organizations released a joint statement urging the presumptive presidential nominees to βpublicly commit" to participating in general election debates.