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The morning after the first presidential debate between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump, it is far from clear whether Trump will agree to a rematch.

Several television networks are eager to host a presidential debate in October. Harris’ campaign, which was buoyed by confidence after Harris challenged Trump on stage in Philadelphia on Tuesday night, immediately said it would agree to a second debate with the ex-president. But Trump has refused to commit, and his comments last night suggest he’s not serious about a follow-up.

“If you win the debate, I don’t know if I want to have another debate,” Trump said in a phone interview with Fox News on Wednesday morning.

In an interview with the hosts of “Fox & Friends,” Trump insulted Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum, the two hosts Fox introduced as potential debate moderators in October.

“I wouldn’t want Bret and Martha,” he said, before proposing to Sean Hannity, Jesse Watters or Laura Ingraham instead.

It goes without saying that Fox’s prime-time stars, who are more in the entertainment domain than in the news, will never moderate a general election debate. So if that is the starting point for negotiations, don’t expect a new debate.

But Trump campaign senior adviser Jason Miller said on “CNN This Morning” that Trump “has already said he’s going to do three debates.” Miller blamed Harris for dodging Trump’s talk of a Sept. 25 debate hosted by NBC.

However, the Harris campaign wants the vice presidential debate between Tim Walz and J.D. Vance to happen next. CBS is hosting that face-off on Oct. 1. To that end, Harris spokesman Brian Fallon said last night, “That was fun. Let’s do it again in October.”

NBC and other networks are poised to stage a rematch between Harris and Trump in October.

Trump also lashed out at ABC on Wednesday after debate moderators conducted a fact check on the former president during the primetime broadcast.

“CNN was much more honorable” during the June debate, Trump told “Fox & Friends,” calling Disney-owned ABC “the most dishonest news organization,” “and that says a lot.”

Trump repeatedly claimed the debate was “three against one” and suggested that Disney’s broadcast licenses should be revoked by the FCC because of the moderators’ behavior.

“They are a news organization – they have to have a license to do this – they should have their license revoked for the way they did it,” he said.