CNN political commentator S.E. Cupp says former President Donald Trump would definitely benefit more from a debate with President Joe Biden.

Biden said he would be happy to debate Trump during an interview with radio host Howard Stern on Friday while in New York. Trump responded to the president’s comment via Truth Social where he challenged Biden to meet him at the NYC courthouse for his hush money trial and debate him that day.

Republicans and Trump have claimed that Biden wants to avoid debating his GOP rival because he wouldn’t be able to keep up. Biden and his surrogates say the president has the facts on his side.

CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer asked Cupp who would have “more to gain” from a Trump-Biden debate. She responded that Trump knows he will look “more robust” and “energetic” than Biden at a debate, and that Biden’s voters have higher standards for truthfulness than Trump’s base.

Definitely Donald Trump. And he knows that. I think he’s banking on the fact that he will look more robust, more energetic, and he is not held to standards by his own voters, like standards. Like telling the truth, knowing stuff, having policies that, you know, he’s going to explain. They don’t care about any of that. So he’ll win with this crowd no matter what. And he knows Biden’s voters have very high standards.

They want to ask questions about policy. Garza what he would do in XYZ situation. So I think Trump is probably right that it benefits him. That’s why he’s been pushing this for a very long time. And actually, I think he’s outplayed Biden a bit. He’s going to say, okay, great, I’m ready to go tonight. Monday, Tuesday. You heard him say that when Biden says no, we’ll probably do it as scheduled after the conventions. Trump’s going to say, look, he’s scared. He’s unprepared. I’m ready to go now. I think Trump has the upper hand here.

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