Trump pulls out of presidential debate, calls it ‘a waste of time’

President Donald Trump said he will not participate in the next debate with Democratic nominee Joe Biden if it will be conducted virtually as a precaution against the spread of the coronavirus. ”No I’m not going to waste my time on a virtual debate,” Trump said in a telephone interview with Fox Business Thursday. “That’s not what debating’s about.”The debate was scheduled for October 15, to be held virtually as Donald Trump has contracted coronavirus infection.

He accused the moderators of trying to shield his Democratic Party rival Joe Biden. Donald Trump's refusal followed the announcement by the Commission on Presidential Debates that the second debate between Trump and Biden would take place virtually because of the president's diagnosis of Covid-19. The decision was made “in order to protect the health and safety of all involved,” the commission said in a statement. It comes after Trump was hospitalized with Covid-19 over the weekend and the White House has reported that a dozen staffers have become infected with the virus, which has killed more than 210,000 people in the US.