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“I think Bernie would be a great warmup for him,” he said on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe." "I think it would be raucous. Bernie could get his punches in, and it’s not going to hurt Donald as he’s already got the nomination.

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“Trump already has it, if he wants to hurt Hillary Clinton more, he does the debate and it would get incredible ratings. If Trump did it before California, that would raise Bernie’s status.”

Trump on late Wednesday pitched debating Sanders for charity in an unprecedented bipartisan primary contest.

“If he paid a nice sum toward a charity, I’d love to do that,” he said of the Democratic White House hopeful on ABC.

“If I debated him, we would have such high ratings and I think I should take that money and give it to some worthy charity,” the GOP’s de facto presidential nominee added.

Sanders quickly pounced on the idea, even suggesting a potential battleground for his potential encounter with Trump.

Game on. I look forward to debating Donald Trump in California before the June 7 primary. — Bernie Sanders (@BernieSanders) May 26, 2016

Trump on Thursday floated a $10 million to $15 million price tag for the clash, adding that Sanders is a “dream” opponent for him.

Clinton, meanwhile, dismissed the idea as implausible during a MSNBC interview she gave later the same day.

“I don’t think it’s going to happen,” the Democratic presidential front-runner said. "You know, I know they’ve gone back and forth on this, and they seem to be saying it’s some kind of joke. Trump doesn’t sound very serious.”

Former Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele on Friday agreed that the event is unlikely but would damage Clinton should it ultimately occur.

“I just don’t see the metrics lining up for it to really take place,” he told Scarborough on MSNBC. "It’s a complicated thing.

“The real loser if that happens is Hillary,” he said. "There’s no doubt about that.

“I think part of my head looks at it and goes, ‘Donald Trump has not had a one-on-one debate yet.' We do not know how he would perform in that situation. Bernie could also inflict some damage too."