Biden gives strongest indicator yet he WILL debate Trump after rival taunted him into showdown at the White House or during ‘fascist’ New York trial

President Joe Biden gave the strongest indication yet on Thursday that he planned to debate former President Donald Trump.

Biden hosted the Las Vegas Aces in the East Room on Thursday afternoon, the team that won the WNBA Finals in October.

As he marched out, he was asked when he would debate Trump.

“Get it ready,” the President instructed as he left the room.

Earlier Thursday, Trump himself had demanded that Biden “put it on right now” in a pre-recorded video he shared with Truth Social, which went live as he sat in court listening to day No. 2 of porn star Stormy Daniels’ testimony in the hush money case.

Earlier Thursday, Trump posted on Truth Social that he was ready to debate President Joe Biden ‘wherever you are’

“We could do it in DC, even locate the White House, or in New York if your radical left fascists are done with the election interference against your political opponent, me,” Trump said in the pre-recorded video, posted on Truth Social. while he was in court

“I’m ready to go wherever you are,” Trump said of a debate. “We could do it in DC, even point to the White House, or in New York, when you radical left fascists are done with the election interference against your political opponent, me.”

Trump has long claimed that his litany of legal challenges are politically motivated against him.

The ex-president drew attention to comments Biden made about what Trump called the “ratings-challenged Howard Stern show.”

During a surprise meeting with Stern late last month, Biden indicated that he would debate Trump.

‘That’s me, somewhere. I don’t know when,” the president said. “But I’m glad I can debate with him.”

When asked Thursday evening aboard Air Force One whether Biden was serious about his intention to debate Trump, press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre indicated she couldn’t really answer because of the Hatch Act.

“All I can do is send you to the president’s statement, and also to the president’s campaign. I just don’t even want to step into it, I have to be very careful with it,” Jean-Pierre said.

The Commission on Presidential Debate announced in November the dates and locations of the three planned presidential debates and the vice-presidential debate, which will start in mid-September

Trump has said he wants them sooner.

And last week, his campaign managers Chris LaCivita and Susie Wiles made that complaint official, saying the “schedule will not begin until after millions of Americans have already cast their votes.”

“This is unacceptable, and by refusing to move up the debates they are doing a grave disservice to the American public, who deserve to hear from both candidates before voting begins,” LaCivita and Wiles said.

The CPD pushed back in a statement noting that the September 16 debate “will be the first televised general election debate ever held.”

The commission said that at this point, only North Carolina and Pennsylvania will allow voters to request and then return absentee ballots.

The CPD also argued that it should schedule the first debate after September 6, the deadline for three states to confirm whether an independent candidate can appear on the ballot.

The bipartisan group had established criteria in November that said third-party candidates would only qualify if they appeared on enough state ballots to win the Electoral College.

This was the biggest challenge for independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy’s campaign, as he currently only met the requirements to appear on a handful of general election ballots.

Trump and Biden faced off twice during the 2020 election cycle.

The second debate was canceled after Trump discovered COVID-19 and refused to participate virtually.