Chris Wallace believes the Kamala debate “scared” Trump from the ’60 Minutes’ interview

Chris Wallace told the hosts of “The View” he believes Donald Trump refused to do a “60 Minutes” interview because he was still afraid after his debate against Vice President Kamala Harris.

“I have a gut feeling, and my gut feeling is that this debate has scared Donald Trump in some way, and he has realized that giving Kamala Harris a platform is a bad idea, so he won’t have another debate. “, which would attract 50, 60, 70 million people,” said the veteran journalist.

At the time, the group asked the journalist, a son of Mike Wallace, what he thought about the former president turning down his “60 Minutes” interview offer. He mentioned that Trump was thinking about his optics – and capabilities.

“If he were to appear alongside her on ’60 Minutes,’ people would, one, compare her and two, it would attract a bigger audience, and I think he’s thinking, ‘I’m going to stay in my zone.'” ” Wallace explained. “And look, he has a huge base that will support him, despite all the reasons you talked about today. And I think he thinks to the degree – strangely enough, I think he’s doing what Joe Biden did in 2020, which is stay in the basement.”

Hostin also asked Wallace if he thought Trump’s reluctance to have another debate was because he might face fact-checking, to which Wallace replied, “No, I think he’s a little bit afraid of that, seen and with Kamala Harris.” to be compared.”

While pointing out Trump’s weaknesses, he mentioned that since the race is already close, it is time for Harris to strengthen her platform and give Americans more details about herself.

“The race is obviously within the margin of error right now, very close nationally, very close in these seven swing states,” Wallace said. “I have to say that I think Kamala Harris is off to a fantastic start, from the time she was nominated, the convention, the debate – which I thought was a shutout when she stood up to Donald Trump .” To me, it feels like she’s reached a plateau and she needs to find a way to somehow close the sale, close the sale on what she would do and who she is, because I think people have still have questions about it.”

The CBS broadcast announced Tuesday that Trump had refused to take part in an interview he had previously agreed to as part of a part-time election show, “60 Minutes,” airing Monday, Oct. 21, at 8 p.m. EST/ PST will air.