Presumptive Republican nominee Donald Trump and Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders have indicated that they are open to debating each other. On ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" Wednesday night, Kimmel asked Trump if he would engage in a debate with Sanders, since Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton declined to do so before the California primary on June 7. Trump responded in favor of the proposition and said, "If I debated him, we should have such high ratings, and I think I should give – take that money and give it to some worthy charity, OK?"

Sanders later tweeted his agreement to participating in a debate, though CBS News reported that sources said Trump was only kidding.

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

Jonathan Chait of New York Magazine finds that a Trump-Sanders debate would benefit both candidates, but thinks that Trump could stand to gain more. He notes that Trump will have the opportunity to fuel in-party fighting among Democrats and expose Clinton to bipartisan criticism. Chait concludes, "Trump has already echoed Sanders's hallucinatory view that the Democratic primary is rigged against him. A debate between the two is the perfect vehicle for them to amplify what is becoming a converging message."

Sean Illing at Salon refers to a Trump-Sanders Debate as "an opportunity for Trump to take the sledgehammer to Clinton alongside a fellow Democrat." He asserts that by participating in the debate, Sanders would undermine his efforts to promote his revolutionary platform, even though he is unlikely to become the Democratic nominee. Illing says, "[I]f Sanders is serious about changing the party and keeping Trump out of the White House, he ought to rethink this."

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Hot Air's Ed Morrissey reasons that Sanders would benefit from debating Trump. He writes, "For Bernie, why not? It might give viewers a rare opportunity to see a Democrat debate on a day and time when people actually watch TV." On the other hand, he finds that Trump could shoot himself in the foot by debating Sanders. "Maybe this is just a warm-up act for the fall debates against Hillary, but it's a curious risk to run for the chance to best an also-ran this late in the cycle," writes Morrissey.