<p>NBC News chief political analyst Chuck Todd pondered on Wednesday why President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Biden</a>&#8216;s campaign pushed for <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/debates" target="_blank" rel="noopener">debate</a> conditions that he believes will allow former President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Donald Trump</a> to appear &#8220;more presidential.&#8221;</p>
<p>During an appearance on MSNBC, Todd hearkened back four years when Trump made headlines for his constant interruptions. For CNN&#8217;s debate this week, the candidates agreed to rules that include <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/cnn-shows-off-exactly-how-mics-will-be-cut-off-at-trump-biden-debate" target="_blank" rel="noopener">cutting off a candidate&#8217;s microphone</a> when it is not his turn to speak.</p>
<p>&#8220;This to me, though, is the real risk for Team Biden. &#8230; They so want to have a different experience than the last debate they had with him or the first debate from the last cycle. And ironically, that&#8217;s the single best debate Biden had, right?&#8221; Todd said.</p>
<p>He added, &#8220;Because Trump&#8217;s behavior really sort of almost cemented Biden&#8217;s lead by that point and it may have done Trump in at that point. And now here&#8217;s the Biden campaign trying to come up with a set of rules to make sure Trump seems more presentable?&#8221;</p>
<p><iframe loading="lazy" title="Chuck Todd Says Biden ‘Went Out of Way’ to Craft Debate Environment That Helps Trump ‘Presidential’" width="500" height="281" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/EncBUW9xZwM?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe></p>
<p>Todd concluded, &#8220;I have to say, when you sort of look at their motivation here and given the experience they had four years ago, it&#8217;s a head scratcher to me that they went so out of their way to try to create an environment that will make Trump seem more presidential.&#8221;</p>
<p>Trump and Biden <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/cnn-to-hold-first-2024-debate-between-trump-and-biden-with-no-audience" target="_blank" rel="noopener">agreed</a> to appear for CNN&#8217;s debate back in May, <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/05/15/biden-trump-presidential-debates/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">eschewing</a> the Commission on Presidential Debates. Another debate between Biden and Trump — this one hosted by ABC News — is planned for September 10.</p>
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<p>Around that time, Biden&#8217;s campaign released a <a href="https://x.com/KellieMeyerNews/status/1790729496267473265" target="_blank" rel="noopener">memo</a> saying the debates should be one-on-one with &#8220;firm time limits for answers&#8221; and calling for a candidate&#8217;s microphone to be active only when it is his turn to speak to promote &#8220;orderly proceedings.&#8221;</p>
<p>Trump recently <a href="https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/daily-memo/3056147/trump-on-the-debate/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> The Washington Examiner&#8217;s Byron York he was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-shares-backstory-on-agreeing-to-cnn-debate-moderated-by-fake-tapper" target="_blank" rel="noopener">approached</a> with a debate he &#8220;couldn&#8217;t take&#8221; so the impasse could be pinned on him. &#8220;They thought they would present it, I would say no, and they would say we can’t debate because Trump said no. So I said yes before they even gave me the terms. So he got roped into it.”</p>
<p>The CNN debate is slated for 9 p.m. ET on Thursday. It is expected to last 90 minutes and will not feature an audience in the Atlanta studio. “State of the Union” anchors Jake Tapper and Dana Bash have been selected as moderators.</p>

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