Former president Donald Trump said Thursday he was willing to discuss Vice President Kamala Harris three times in September.
Speaking at a press conference at Mar-a-Lago, Trump said, “I think it’s very important to have conversations,” adding that he accepted invitations from NBC News, Fox News and ABC News.
During his announcement, Trump appeared to get some of the dates wrong. Both ABC News and the Trump campaign later clarified that the ABC News debate would take place on September 10. The Fox News debate was previously proposed for September 4th.
A source familiar with the plans said the NBC News show was set for Sept. 25, which was one of the options the network gave the campaigns for a date.
When the president Joe Biden was still ongoing, his campaign and Trump agreed to two interviews: one with CNN on June 27 and one with ABC News on September 10. But when Biden dropped out of the race and endorsed Harris, Trump began to waver on his commitment to participate. Last week, Trump said he would skip the ABC News debate because the event was “cancelled because Biden is no longer participating.”
After Trump’s withdrawal, Harris campaign communications director Michael Tyler said in a statement: “The vice president will be there one way or another to use the opportunity to speak to a prime-time national audience. … We would be happy to have further discussions after both campaigns have already agreed.”
Harris confirmed later Thursday that he would attend the ABC debate, telling NBC News, “I’m looking forward to discussing Donald Trump, and we have a date of September 10th. I hear he’s finally committed to that, and I’m looking forward to it. He did not respond to a question about other possible dates .
Trump also said Thursday that the campaign has agreed to a vice presidential debate on CBS News, adding that his running mate, Ohio GOP Sen. JD Vance, “has really stepped up. He’s doing a fantastic job.”
On Tuesday, at Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz’s first rally since being named Harris’ running mate, he said of Vance, “I can’t wait to talk to the guy.”
During a campaign event Wednesday in Eau Claire, Wis., Vance would not commit to discussing Walz, suggesting offhandedly that it was still possible he would not be the Democratic vice presidential nominee.
“We also don’t know who the vice presidential nominee is going to be,” Vance told reporters, adding that Democrats could “pull a bait and switch” and take him off the ticket.
Harris and Walz were officially endorsed as the Democratic nominees for president and vice president this week.
CBS News and Fox News did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
This article was originally published on NBCNews.com