I'm Daily Wire, editor-in-chief John Bickley with Georgia Howell.

It's Thursday August 8th, and this is your Morning Wire afternoon update.

Donald Trump held a press conference at his home in Marilago today in which he made a major

announcement and took a ton of questions from reporters.

DailyWire senior editor Cabot Phillips has the details.

The former president began the event by making a clear distinction

between the direction of the country under his leadership

and that of Kamala Harris, particularly hammering the issues of safety

and economic security.

He then made a major announcement.

He's agreed to three debates.

The first scheduled for September 4th with Fox News,

the second on September 10th with ABC, and a third debate on September 25th with

NBC. The other side has to agree to the terms they may or may not agree I

don't know if they're going to agree they she hasn't done an interview. She can't do an interview. She's barely confident and she can't do an interview. But I look forward to the debates because I think we have to set the record straight.

To this point, Harris has only agreed to the I think we have to set the record straight.

To this point, Harris has only agreed to the ABC debate on the 10th.

Trump also announced that his running mate JD Vance has agreed to a debate with Tim

Walls on CBS.

He then went on to take a series of questions from reporters

on a wide range of topics, repeatedly making the point that his opponent has

yet to hold a single press conference or sit-down interview, despite being the presumptive nominee for more than two weeks.

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