US presidential campaign: Second television match canceled | tagesschau.de

The second television duel between the president of the United States, Trump, and his challenger Biden, has been officially canceled. This was announced by the organizing committee. There had previously been a dispute over the format due to the infection of Trump’s crown.

The second television duel scheduled for next week between the president of the United States, Donald Trump, and his challenger Joe Biden does not take place. This decision was announced that night by the independent commission in charge of organizing the presidential debates.

Previously, due to the infection of the current Trump’s crown, there had been a dispute over the format of the second debate of the presidential candidates, which was actually scheduled for October 15. Due to Trump’s corona infection, the commission responsible for the organization said Thursday that the second debate should be held virtually to “protect the health and safety of everyone involved.”

Candidates must go on virtually

In principle, the planned format should be maintained so that citizens can ask candidates questions. Trump and Biden, however, should be in different places according to the organizers’ plans and be virtually connected. While former Vice President Biden was open to the virtual format, Trump rejected the plans.

Instead, the presidential campaign team has called for the debate to be postponed. The responsible commission has now decided to reject it. The first presidential debate in late September was extremely chaotic as Trump continued to loudly interrupt his opponent. Polls and experts declared Biden the winner of the duel.

Just two days after the first television debate, Trump’s infection with the corona virus became known. The 74-year-old spent three days in the hospital but then returned to the White House declaring himself “cured.” On Saturday, the president wants to hold an event at the White House for the first time after his infection.