--- title: Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders Agree to California Debate description: Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders agreed to debate each other before the California primary but it remains to be seen whether it will happen canonical: https://time.com/4349015/bernie-sanders-donald-trump-debate/ author: Justin Worland article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-05-26T11:33:02.000Z article:modified_time: 2023-12-13T09:14:25.000Z article:section: Politics og:title: Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders Agree to California Debate og:description: Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders agreed to debate each other before the California primary but it remains to be seen whether it will happen og:url: https://time.com/4349015/bernie-sanders-donald-trump-debate/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta733dd406e5eb67a/6988951a196cf4532e03bc5c/donald-trump-jimmy-kimmel-bernie-sanders-debate.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: donald trump jimmy kimmel bernie sanders debate og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders Agree to California Debate twitter:description: Donald Trump and Bernie Sanders agreed to debate each other before the California primary but it remains to be seen whether it will happen twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta733dd406e5eb67a/6988951a196cf4532e03bc5c/donald-trump-jimmy-kimmel-bernie-sanders-debate.jpeg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Trump and Sanders Say They'll Debate Each Other  by [Justin Worland](https://time.com/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Senior Correspondent Updated: Dec 13, 2023 9:14 AM UTCPublished: May 26, 2016 11:33 AM UTC  GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump appears on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Dec. 16\. 2015 GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump appears on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Dec. 16\. 2015Randy Holmes—ABC via Getty Images  by [Justin Worland](https://time.com/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Senior Correspondent Updated: Dec 13, 2023 9:14 AM UTCPublished: May 26, 2016 11:33 AM UTC [Donald Trump](http://time.com/4348583/donald-trump-grudge-tour-jeb-bush-mitt-romney-nikki-haley/?xid=homepage) and [Bernie Sanders](http://time.com/bernie-sanders-2016-campaign/) have agreed to debate each other in advance of the California primary. Trump, the presumptive GOP presidential nominee, said on _Jimmy Kimmel Live!_ that he would debate the underdog in the Democratic race so long as the debate’s proceeds were donated to charity. Sanders replied shortly after on Twitter agreeing to the idea. > [](https://twitter.com/BernieSanders/status/735689625407131648) Whether such an unorthodox debate will actually happen remains an open question. Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton had previously declined Sanders’ request for a debate in the state, and Trump may not have been serious. > [](https://twitter.com/SopanDeb/status/735830924164620288) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4349015/bernie-sanders-donald-trump-debate/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4349015/bernie-sanders-donald-trump-debate/"},"headline":"Trump and Sanders Say They'll Debate Each Other","datePublished":"2016-05-26T11:33:02.000Z","dateModified":"2023-12-13T09:14:25.000Z","description":"But it's unclear whether it will actually happen","url":"https://time.com/4349015/bernie-sanders-donald-trump-debate/","keywords":["2016 Election","2016 Election topic"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta733dd406e5eb67a/6988951a196cf4532e03bc5c/donald-trump-jimmy-kimmel-bernie-sanders-debate.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Justin Worland","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/justin-worland/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta733dd406e5eb67a/6988951a196cf4532e03bc5c/donald-trump-jimmy-kimmel-bernie-sanders-debate.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"donald trump jimmy kimmel bernie sanders debate","caption":"donald trump jimmy kimmel bernie sanders debate","creditText":"Randy Holmes—ABC via Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/2016-election/","name":"2016 Election"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4349015/bernie-sanders-donald-trump-debate/","name":"Trump and Sanders Say They'll Debate Each Other"}}]}] ```