Trump says RFK Jr ‘needs more than his name’ to join him and Biden in debate

Donald Trump brutally told Robert F Kennedy Jr that he “needs more than his name” if he wants to join him and President Joe Biden on stage for the 2024 presidential debates.

On Wednesday, the presumptive Republican and Democratic presidential nominees agreed to come face-to-face on a pair of dates as they head towards a 2020 rematch this November.

Their plans – which materialised through a series of jibes at each other – rattled RFK Jr, who took issue with being left out of the events.

The former president responded to his complaints on Thursday morning, before heading to court for the start of the next day of his hush money trial in New York, taking jabs at both RFK Jr and Mr Biden in the process.

“Crooked Joe Biden does not want RFK Jr. in the debates because Junior’ is far left [of] him and they would be debating over the same territory, like ridiculous Open Borders and the Green New Scam, both of which are killing our Country,” Mr Trump claimed on his Truth Social platform on Thursday morning.

“He’s also sharper and far more intelligent than Joe, all making for a bad combination of ingredients.

“I don’t care if Juniors [sic] joins the Debate, but right now his polling numbers are very low, he is not properly qualified in the States, and he seems to be on a downward path. Junior’ needs more than his name to get on the ‘stage!’”

President Biden took the lead on Wednesday when he posted a social media video challenging Mr Trump to a debate after months of speculation.

“Donald Trump lost two debates to me in 2020, and since then, he hasn’t shown up to a debate. Now he’s acting like he wants to debate me again,” President Biden declared, before adding, with his best Clint Eastwood squint: “Make my day, pal.”

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