Donald Trump wants to outdo Harris in the last-minute debate

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is gearing up for the highly anticipated Sept. 10 debate on ABC News where he will face Vice President Kamala Harris, but the former president has at least one more request after changing his mind about the event's rules and regulations.

In a post on his social media platform Truth Social, Trump said that “no boxes or artificial lifting devices” would be allowed during the debate, equating the use of these size-enhancing items with “cheating.”

“No boxes or artificial lifts will be allowed at my upcoming debate with Comrade Kamala Harris,” he wrote on Saturday. “We discussed this before with former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg when he was in a debate and was not allowed 'lifts.' That would be a form of cheating.”

He added: “And the Democrats cheat enough. 'You are who you are,' that was for sure!”

In 2016, during his debates with Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton – who is reportedly between 6'11″ and 6'3″ tall – Trump appeared to tower over Clinton's reported 5'7″ height. During their second debate in particular, the former president's habit of staying in the background while Clinton spoke was parodied on Saturday Night Live– with Alec Baldwin as Trump and Kate McKinnon as Clinton.

Harris, who is reportedly 5'4″, also had her own wishes for the big day. After agreeing to the debate rules, her campaign told ABC in a letter that she would be “disadvantaged” by the network's plan to mute candidates' microphones when it was not their turn to speak.

“Vice President Harris, a former prosecutor, is fundamentally disadvantaged by this format, which is designed to protect Donald Trump from direct interaction with the Vice President,” the written statement said. “We suspect this is the primary reason his campaign team insists on muting microphones.”

A source told CNN that ABC may turn on the microphones at some point during the debate so the audience could hear some of the candidates' reactions.

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