In the span of four hours on Wednesday, a plan to hold two presidential debates between Joe Biden and Donald Trump went from rumour to reality.

The president had been coy about whether he was ever going to debate his Republican opponent. But if he had taken a pass, he would have been the first president since Richard Nixon in 1972 to skip the debate process entirely.

Mr Trump gave up a lot of control to secure the president’s debate commitment. If he soundly defeats Mr Biden in November, as he promises he will do, it will prove to have been worth it.

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