Republican candidate Donald Trump and former first lady Melania Trump on stage during a campaign rally at Madison Square Garden. Photo: AP
Election fever has officially kicked in, and no, we don’t mean the imminent general election here, but the long-awaited, notably acrimonious and hotly contested US presidential election battle between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump.
In one corner, we have the current vice-president looking to make history and shatter all kinds of barriers in the process. In the other, a man who is no stranger to the White House, and no slouch when it comes to endless controversy.
Despite a string of controversies, Donald Trump looks likely to win again. They include a New York political rally at the weekend that some commentators described as racist and offensive, and new accusations of groping by former model Stacey Williams.
Speaking before the Republican presidential candidate at a rally at Madison Square Garden on Sunday night, comedian and podcast host Tony Hinchcliffe called Puerto Rico a “floating island of garbage”.
With just days to go before the US electorate goes to the polls, what exactly makes Trump such an attractive candidate for millions of Americans?
Today on The Indo Daily, Fionnán Sheahan is joined from Wheeling, West Virginia, by Adrian Weckler, Technology Editor with the Irish Independent, and in our Dublin studio by Gina London, Sunday Independent columnist and former CNN anchor, to take the temperature as both Donald Trump and Kamala Harris turn up the heat.
The Indo Daily: Why Donald Trump now looks likely to win the US election
