Trump and Biden cram final prep and ready attack lines ahead of next week's debate
With the first presidential debate just one week out, President Joe Biden and presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump have begun cramming for the clash next Thursday night in Atlanta.
WASHINGTON — With the first presidential debate just one week out, President Joe Biden and presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump have begun cramming for the clash next Thursday night in Atlanta.
Biden plans to work from the presidential retreat at Camp David, Maryland, for several days — and possibly up to one full week — for intensive prep, senior campaign and administration officials told NBC News, while Trump will remain engaged in somewhat more informal preparations.
While Trump and his team have long downplayed that he does any formal prep at all for debates, he’s not exactly winging it.
Trump has been holding informal policy sessions on topics that are likely to come up during the debate — including on the economy and inflation — with Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, a senior adviser said, and on immigration with former White House aide Stephen Miller and Tom Homan, the former acting head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement. He also held discussions with Sens. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., and Marco Rubio, R-Fla., when he was in Washington last week, the source said, and on national security issues with Ric Grenell, his former acting director of national intelligence.
North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, a onetime GOP presidential contender-turned-Trump ally, acknowledged that he has been in contact with Trump’s team about debate prep.
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