New King statements go viral: Bestselling author calls Trump a "coward"

FR New King statements go viral: Bestselling author calls Trump a "coward" Christian Stör • 46 million • 3 minutes reading time US election 2024 Trump wants a TV debate against Kamala Harris before the US election. But only on his terms. For this he is being ridiculed by bestselling author Stephen King. Washington, D.C. - The first TV debate was a triumph for Donald Trump. But he didn't have to do much on June 27th, Joe Biden's performance was too disastrous. After that, everything changed. On July 21st, the US President withdrew from the race for the White House, and since then there has been a new Trump opponent: Kamala Harris. It is still unclear whether there will be a second TV debate before the 2024 US election in November. Before Biden's withdrawal from the election campaign, another TV debate with Trump was scheduled for September 10 on ABC. Harris wants to appear as the Democratic candidate instead of Biden. But the Republican is reluctant. Trump has declared himself willing to debate in principle, but under different conditions. On his online platform Truth Social, he announced that he had agreed with Fox News to hold a debate with Harris on September 4. Bestselling author Stephen King has nothing but scorn for Trump Trump argued that he is in a legal dispute with ABC. Trump has filed a defamation suit against one of the ABC moderators. Therefore, there is a conflict of interest. Harris was unimpressed. She will attend the debate on September 10, which Trump has also agreed to, the Democrat wrote on the X platform. "I hope to see him there." Harris also mocked the fact that Trump had initially declared that he was ready to debate at any time and in any place - but now suddenly only at a certain time and in a "safe place" for him. Mockery also came from another side: Bestselling author Stephen King accused the Republican in no uncertain terms of being a coward, a scaredy-cat and a coward. "An older man who is afraid to debate a woman; who hopes that his base will bail him out. As children, we called this behavior cowardice," King wrote on the online platform X. His post immediately went viral on the internet. The post has so far been viewed 1.9 million times and reposted more than 10,000 times (as of August 5, 11:20 a.m.). This may also be because his text sounds much more vivid in the original. The vulgar term "chickenshit", which literally means "chicken poop", caused diplomatic tensions between the USA and Israel in 2014. At the time, according to The Atlantic, a high-ranking official in the Obama administration called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that term. King promotes Harris before the US election King has been busy promoting Harris for some time. A few days earlier, he had already called on Republicans to vote for Harris in the US election. "Trump is dangerous. He is a child throwing a tantrum," King said on X. There is only one adult in this election campaign: "And that is Harris." Harris has not yet been officially confirmed as the Democratic candidate for the election on November 5. However, she has already received enough votes in the electronic vote for her official nomination. (cs)