ABC News preparing for presidential debate, despite Trump’s reluctance

New York (CNN) — ABC News is continuing preparations for an upcoming presidential debate, despite former President Donald Trump saying he won’t consider participating in a debate until the Democratic Party formally chooses its nominee.“Full steam ahead,” an ABC network source told CNN on Friday.Despite ABC’s preparations for the debate, set to be moderated by anchors David Muir and Linsey Davis,& the network’s plan could still& be upended like so many other institutions and traditions this year.“I haven’t agreed to anything. I agreed to a debate with Joe Biden,” Trump, the Republican nominee, said on a press call earlier this week. “But I want to debate with her, and she’ll be no different because they have the same policies. I think debating is important for a presidential race, I really do. You sort of have an obligation to debate.”Vice President Kamala& Harris, now the presumptive Democratic nominee, later told reporters she had agreed to the September 10 debate and accused Trump of “backpedaling.”“What happened to ‘any time, any place?’” Harris wrote in a post on X.Even before President Joe Biden dropped out of the race, the campaigns did away with the independent Commission on Presidential Debates, which had arranged the...