Former President Donald Trump was scheduled for a sit-down interview this week with CNBC Squawk Box co-host Joe Kernen , but hes since canceled the appearance.

Kernen, whos often defended the former president, announced the development on-air Tuesday.

Well, Trump canceled and he was going to come on, he said with a touch of indignation. Kernen added that hed told Trump aides that Trumps appearance could be a way to one-up Vice President Kamala Harris , who didnt accept Kernens invite.

Then he mused that Harris now has a chance to flip the script.

I didnt talk to [Trump] personally but I said weve offered the vice president and shes not coming on, but now hes canceled, he explained. So now she could come on and we could say we offered it to the Trump camp, but theyre not.

A Trump spokesperson told CNN he canceled due to a scheduling conflict.

Thats the second time Trump has backpedaled on a previously scheduled interview with a major outlet this month.

CBS News 60 Minutes planned to have Trump on earlier this month, but the Republican presidential nominee decided not to participate, the program said, despite having initially agreed to an interview.

In a furious rant , Trump instead called the century-old network A THREAT TO DEMOCRACY and demanded it lose its broadcast license.

Harris, meanwhile, has embarked on a media blitz with recent interviews on 60 Minutes, The View, and The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.

She also sat for a live interview on The Howard Stern Show and appeared on Call Her Daddy, a popular podcast, with a possible appearance on The Joe Rogan Experience being discussed.

And on Wednesday, Harris is expected to sit for an interview with Fox News Bret Baier a development that Trump sure seems mad about .