The Mirror’s US Editor Christopher Bucktin has had his say on the US Presidential election which he describes as “the greatest, most absurd, reality show on Earth” with Donald Trump and Joe Biden expected to go head to head
Donald Trump won by a landslide in the first contest in the Republican race for a presidential nominee, putting him on a collision course with nemesis Joe Biden for the White House.
The former president cemented his place as the party’s front-runner for this November’s election, easily winning the Iowa caucus.
But although the prize Republicans fought for on Monday night was minimal, the margin of victory put America on notice just how strong Trump’s grip on Republicans remains.
It sets up a November 5 contest set to be more explosive than Bonfire Night, fraught with complexities as both men, notably Biden, increasingly suffer from age-related issues.
US President Joe Biden is expected to run again ( Image: AFP via Getty Images)
Analysis by US Editor Christopher Bucktin
Just two weeks into 2024 and the land of the free is once again readying itself for what has become the greatest, most absurd, reality show on Earth – the US presidential election.
While we Brits will be celebrating our own Bonfire night on November 5, the real fireworks will be seen across the Atlantic as America votes for its next leader. Unless there is a seismic shift – or a criminal conviction – the two likely candidates in this unfolding farce will again be Joe Biden and Donald Trump.
They will have amassed 160 years between them, but questions remain if age has been kind to both. In Biden, America has a career Democrat politician beyond his best.
Trump greets supporter Blake Marnell (
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While a Senator, he was a statesman on the world stage who played diplomacy with the forethought of a chess grandmaster. Today, we see him constantly displaying lapses in memory while committing numerous faux pas that sometimes have him appearing like Albert Arkwright.
On the Republican side, there is Trump. A man more entangled in America’s legal system than his ridiculous barnet is in hairspray.
While his political resilience is as much a marvel as is his ability to evade legal troubles like a seasoned magician escaping a straitjacket, it is unthinkable that from the 91 criminal charges he faces, the Teflon Don will not come unstuck.
Make no doubt this year promises to be a political soap opera of epic proportions. But with the geriatric duo at the helm, legal dramas, and a splash of chaotic absurdity, America is set to provide the world with a spectacle that even Shakespeare would find too dramatic.
