Trump says he won’t participate in any more presidential debates with Harris

Former President Donald Trump said Thursday that he will not participate in any future debates against Vice President Kamala Harris.

"There will be no debate," he said in all-caps on his Truth Social website, before criticizing the vice president's debate performance. Asked by NBC News for clarification on Trump’s remarks, Karoline Leavitt said in a statement, “You heard the man.” 

His remarks come just two days after he and Harris met in Philadelphia for a prime-time debate sponsored by ABC News.

The two sparred over inflation, abortion and immigration and Trump made several false or misleading remarks that were fact-checked live by moderators David Muir and Linsey Davis. His use of conspiracy theories and inflammatory remarks sparked concern among his allies.

Since the debate, Trump claimed the moderators were unfair and has been non-committal about whether he would participate in another match-up with Harris.

The two candidates had not formally agreed to any other debates, but multiple networks have said they were in talks to schedule another one.

In multiple TruthSocial posts, Trump had said he was considering debate offers from Fox, CBS and NBC. Last month, NBC confirmed that they had offered September 25 as a potential debate for a debate on the network.

During an interview with Fox and Friends on Wednesday, host Steve Doocy said the network had on Tuesday night offered the Trump and Harris campaigns three potential dates for an additional debate in October. In response, Trump said, "Well, I wouldn’t want to have Martha [MacCallum] and Bret [Baier]. I’d love to have somebody else other than Martha and Bret."

Fox News had earlier proposed a debate hosted by MacCallum and Baier to the Harris and Trump campaigns on September 4, but that date passed without both campaigns agreeing to meet onstage.

A representative for NBC declined to comment. Representatives for CBS and Fox did not immediately respond to requests for comment

When asked for comment, the Harris campaign pointed to her remarks in North Carolina Thursday where Harris said, “I believe we owe it to the voters to have another debate, because this election and what are at stake could not be more important.”