<p>Former President Donald Trump said on Friday that he will have a special request for President Joe Biden before the two candidates meet on stage next month for the first of two scheduled debates.</p>
<p>Trump spoke to a crowd of supporters at a Republican fundraiser in St. Paul, Minnesota, Friday night and discussed his upcoming debate with Biden after the two candidates agreed to face off on June 27 and September 10.</p>
<p>&#8220;I just want to debate this guy &#8230; and I&#8217;m going to demand a drug test too, by the way,&#8221; Trump said to the applause of the crowd. &#8220;I am. No, I really am.&#8221;</p>
<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t want him coming in like the State of the Union. He was high as a kite,&#8221; the presumptive Republican nominee added. &#8220;I said is that Joe up there? &#8230; And by the end of the evening &#8230; he was exhausted, right? No, we&#8217;re going to demand a drug test.&#8221;</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Trump in Minnesota in rare form.</p>
<p>I want to debate this guy but I’m going to demand a drug test.<a href="https://t.co/4pmoZurVqF">pic.twitter.com/4pmoZurVqF</a></p>
<p>— Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) <a href="https://twitter.com/CitizenFreePres/status/1791695206741656029?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 18, 2024</a></p></blockquote>
<p>Biden&#8217;s frequent slip-ups and sometimes angry demeanor during speeches and press conferences have been a target of criticism for Trump. Last month, Trump <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-suggests-biden-using-cocaine-he-should-be-drug-tested-before-debates" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> radio host Hugh Hewitt that he would request the president be drug tested before future debates.</p>
<p>“I think what happened is that white stuff that they happened to find, which happened to be <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/secret-service-confirms-cocaine-found-in-white-house-west-wing" target="_blank" rel="noopener">cocaine in the White House</a>, I don’t know, I think something’s going on there, because I watched this State of the Union, and he was all jacked up at the beginning,” Trump said. “By the end, he was fading fast. There’s something going on there. I want to debate. And I think debates, with him, at least, should be drug tested. I want a drug test.”</p>
<p>Earlier this week, Biden <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/lets-get-ready-to-rumble-biden-proposes-2-debates-trump-accepts-the-dates" target="_blank" rel="noopener">challenged</a> Trump to two debates, and Trump quickly accepted. During a 14-second video that required five jump cuts, 81-year-old Biden told Trump, &#8220;make my day, pal,&#8221; adding, “So let’s pick the dates, Donald. I hear you’re free on Wednesdays.”</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Donald Trump lost two debates to me in 2020. Since then, he hasn’t shown up for a debate.</p>
<p>Now he’s acting like he wants to debate me again.</p>
<p>Well, make my day, pal. <a href="https://t.co/AkPmvs2q4u">pic.twitter.com/AkPmvs2q4u</a></p>
<p>— Joe Biden (@JoeBiden) <a href="https://twitter.com/JoeBiden/status/1790713878248038478?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 15, 2024</a></p></blockquote>
<p>Less than an hour after Biden challenged Trump to two debates, the Republican candidate accepted, <a href="https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/112445162136412936" target="_blank" rel="noopener">writing</a>, &#8220;I am Ready and Willing to Debate Crooked Joe at the two proposed times in June and September.&#8221;</p>
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<p>&#8220;I would strongly recommend more than two debates and, for excitement purposes, a very large venue, although Biden is supposedly afraid of crowds &#8211; That’s only because he doesn’t get them,&#8221; Trump added. &#8220;Just tell me when, I’ll be there. &#8216;Let’s get ready to Rumble!!!&#8217;”</p>
<p>Biden&#8217;s team included a list of stipulations in its debate challenge, including no live audience and a one-on-one format with Trump, excluding any third-party candidates such as Robert F. Kennedy Jr. CNN <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/cnn-to-hold-first-2024-debate-between-trump-and-biden-with-no-audience" target="_blank" rel="noopener">announced</a> on Wednesday that it would hold the first presidential debate on June 27, agreeing to Biden&#8217;s request for no live audience but leaving the door open for Kennedy to potentially qualify to make the stage.</p>
<p>CNN&#8217;s Jake Tapper and Dana Bash are set to <a href="https://x.com/CNNPR/status/1790824745795027365" target="_blank" rel="noopener">moderate</a> the debate, which will take place in Atlanta, Georgia, at 9:00 p.m. ET.</p>

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