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Former President Donald Trump was scheduled for a sit-down interview this week with CNBC “Squawk Box” co-host Joe Kernen, but he’s since canceled the appearance.
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Kernen, who’s often defended the former president, announced the development on-air Tuesday.
“Well, Trump canceled and he was going to come on,” he said with a touch of indignation. Kernen added that he’d told Trump aides that Trump’s appearance could be a way to one-up Vice President Kamala Harris, who didn’t accept Kernen’s invite.
Then he mused that Harris now has a chance to flip the script.
“I didn’t talk to [Trump] personally — but I said we’ve offered the vice president and she’s not coming on, but now he’s canceled,” he explained. “So now she could come on and we could say we offered it to the Trump camp, but they’re not.”

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Kernen, who’s often defended the former president, announced the development on-air Tuesday.
“Well, Trump canceled and he was going to come on,” he said with a touch of indignation. Kernen added that he’d told Trump aides that Trump’s appearance could be a way to one-up Vice President Kamala Harris, who didn’t accept Kernen’s invite.
Then he mused that Harris now has a chance to flip the script.
“I didn’t talk to [Trump] personally — but I said we’ve offered the vice president and she’s not coming on, but now he’s canceled,” he explained. “So now she could come on and we could say we offered it to the Trump camp, but they’re not.”