Truculent Trump twists in the wind as an isolated, ridiculed figure of fun

Barring an extraordinary turnaround, it’s all over for the loudmouth tycoon

Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton exchange verbal barbs at last Wednesday’s third and final presidential debate in Las Vegas Picture: Getty

With three weeks to go until the US presidential election is all over (bar the pitchfork insurrection), it’s not a great time to have your worst week on the campaign trail. Donald Trump, who has boasted that he only knows how to win, is now faced with the crushing, humiliating realisation that the biggest and most humiliating defeat of his life is on the cards.

The past 16 months have witnessed a plethora ...