Tonight’s first televised debate between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, on Long Island, New York, is expected to generate a ‘Super-Bowlesque’ audience. Analysts say that up to 112 million viewers could tune in, a figure that Donald Trump will interpret as an indication of his immense popularity. Even on this side of the Atlantic, a large number of people will stay up to the early hours (2am – 3.30am) to see the Donald versus Mrs C, such is the excitement surrounding the presidential election. So what can we expect? Here are six things to look out for:
1) Clinton will try so hard to appear healthy that she will end up looking mentally ill. After Donald Trump dubbed Jeb Bush the ‘low-energy candidate’, Jeb took to running on to stages, bouncing up and down like a prize-fighter. He looked absurd. In the days following her collapse, Clinton appears to be doing something similar — she now bounds towards the microphone like a granny on steroids (which, perhaps, is what she is).
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