While appearing on Jimmy Kimmel Live on Wednesday, Republican Donald Trump told host Jimmy Kimmel that he would be open to debating Democrat Bernie Sanders in an unconventional U.S. presidential debate under one condition: the proceeds must be donated to charity.
“If I debated him we would have such high ratings and I think we should take that money and give it to some worthy charity,” said Trump. “If we paid a nice sum toward a charity, I would love to do that.”
Sanders quickly took to Twitter to post that he, too, would be willing to debate Trump.
“Game on,” he wrote. “I look forward to debating Donald Trump in California before the June 7 primary.”
Game on. I look forward to debating Donald Trump in California before the June 7 primary.
— Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) May 26, 2016
On Thursday, while at a press conference in North Dakota, Trump implied that he was serious about the debate as long as the networks would donate $10 million to $15 million of the proceeds to charities that support women’s health causes.
“I’d love to debate Bernie,” Mr. Trump said. “He’s a dream.”
