WASHINGTON (CB) — Donald Trump and Joe Biden have agreed to hold two campaign debates in June and September. Sort of. Former President Trump has long made it a talking point that the current President Biden would not debate him, using an empty lectern at campaign events and calling him the "WORST debater I have ever faced - He can't put two sentences together!"

Biden took to Twitter claiming Trump had lost two debates to him in 2020 and has not shown up since and declared, "Well make my day, pal!" The sitting president has declined to participate in the traditional presidential debates sponsored by the nonpartisan commission that has organized them for more than three decades. Instead, President Biden proposed that media outlets directly organize the debates and do not include any third-party candidates. Biden has accepted the proposed CNN date of June 27th, adding, "Over to you, Donald." Both sides hold significant differences on key questions, format, and media partners.

We wanted it, we got it! Televised elder abuse just in time for the sports calendar to lighten up. Except we don't. This posturing by both sides is solely meant to excite their base and to call the other guy too chicken to partake. Joe Biden has already declined the traditional format, does not want third-party representation, and refuses to debate in front of an audience. While Donald Trump can cry foul about the media outlets who would put on the debates, the lack of an audience, and the limited number (2). While it is an exciting possibility, unfortunately, I fear it will not come to fruition. It does provide a great out for them both, who can continue to claim they would have done it but only under their terms.