Former US President and Republican candidate Donald Trump has said he will not participate in another presidential debate with US Vice President Kamala Harris before the November 5 election after several polls showed his Democratic rival winning the debate between the two earlier this week, reported Reuters, quoted by BTA.
In his social network "Trut Social" Trump wrote: "THERE WILL NOT BE A THIRD DEBATE!"
Trump debated US President Joe Biden in June before his debate with Harris on September 10.
Although Trump praised her performance in the debate with Harris, six Republican donors and three Trump advisers who spoke to Reuters earlier this week said they believed the Democratic nominee won because Trump fell short. to stick to his message.
The debate attracted 67.1 million television viewers, according to data from the marketing research company "Nilson".
Harris, who spoke at a rally in North Carolina shortly after Trump took office, said: "I believe we owe the voters another debate.
While Trump wrote in his post that according to polls he had won the debate, several polls showed that according to those surveyed, Harris did better.
Among voters who said they heard at least something about Tuesday's debate, 53 percent said Harris won, while 24 percent said Trump won, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll released yesterday.
According to the poll, 54% of registered voters think that the one debate between Trump and Harris was enough, and 46% want a second debate.
A majority of debate watchers said Harris did better than Trump, according to a CNN express poll released shortly after the debate.
According to data from a survey of the institute "Yu Gov" 54% of those polled said Harris won, while only 31% named Trump the winner.