A debate between Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump would "get high ratings" and "should be in a big arena somewhere," Trump said. | AP Photo Trump: I'll debate Bernie for $10 million

Donald Trump on Thursday said he would "love" to debate Bernie Sanders and raise $10 million to $15 million in the process, even if the Democratic challenger is not well positioned to be his general election foe.

"He's a dream," the presumptive Republican nominee told reporters ahead of an energy-focused speech in Bismarck, North Dakota, when asked about his previous comments in which he appeared to accept Sanders' offer to debate one-one-one ahead of the June 7 California primary.


Then Trump laid out what the arrangement might look like: "What we'll do is raise maybe for, maybe women's health issues or something, if we can raise $10 million or $15 million for charity, which would be a very appropriate amount. I understand the television business very well."

The event would "get high ratings" and "should be in a big arena somewhere," Trump said.

"We could have a lot of fun with it," Trump said, before attempting to drag Sanders back to Earth.

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"I'd love to debate Bernie. The problem is he's going to lose" in the primary, Trump said. "Honestly, his system is rigged just like our system is rigged. If I didn't win by mass majorities, I wouldn't be standing here talking to you today. I knocked out every opponent. You have to knock out and Bernie, unfortunately, hasn't been able to knock out but the super delegates for the Democrats so — I mean, it's so unfair."

"So the problem, biggest problem is that Bernie's not going to win, but I would debate him anyway if they wanted to put up money for charity," Trump said. "So we'll see. We have had a couple of calls from the networks already and we'll see."