As Deadline for Another Debate Passes, Trump Again Rejects a Rematch//

The former president had until noon on Thursday to accept an invitation to an Oct. 23 showdown with Vice President Kamala Harris, who already accepted.

Former President Donald J. Trump during a rally in Pennsylvania on Wednesday. He said on social media that he would not participate in another debate.

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President Donald J. Trump and VP Kamala Harris to consent to a subsequent discussion passed Thursday with no understanding — making it everything except sure that the up-and-comers' most memorable discussion in September would be their last.

Ms. Harris had acknowledged CNN's proposal to banter on Oct. 23 yet Mr. Trump over and over said he was not intrigued, remembering for Wednesday night. Fox News likewise broadened a proposal on Wednesday for a discussion this month, which neither one of the competitors has explicitly tended to, however Mr. Trump's dismissal was expressed extensively.

Mr. Trump demanded his online entertainment webpage that Ms. Harris needed a "rematch" since she lost their most memorable gathering, in spite of surveys that recommended in any case, finding that most respondents thought Ms. Harris had performed better. He additionally rehashed his idea that it was beyond any good time to discuss again on the grounds that casting a ballot had proactively started, however banters in past official races have frequently been held in mid-to late October.

Mr. Trump additionally asserted that he was "driving in all swing states," despite the fact that surveying midpoints show him driving in some and Ms. Harris driving in others, with the race extremely close in every one of them.

CNN affirmed in an explanation that Mr. Trump's mission had declined its greeting and that there would be no discussion on Oct. 23. It said it had welcomed the possibility to partake in isolated city center occasions that day all things considered.

Mr. Trump had communicated hesitance to discuss Ms. Harris in any case, and expressed soon after that gathering that he wasn't leaned to rehash it. He turned down the CNN banter last month, and showed that even the well disposed territory of Fox News was probably not going to allure him, even as Ms. Harris has tried to urge him into another go head to head.