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In the hours-long carnival of bombast and vulgarity that was Donald Trump’s “celebration” rally in New York, one undercurrent remained consistent: boorish machismo.

Male speakers roared and raged from the podium. They made belittling and misogynistic jibes about Kamala Harris’ race and intelligence, or cracked undergraduate jokes about Puerto Rico being a “floating island of garbage”.

Tesla billionaire Elon Musk roared from behind the podium at Donald Trump’s rally in New York City.Credit: AP

A businessman, Grant Cardone, called Harris a fraud and said she and her “pimp handlers” would destroy the country, portraying her as a prostitute rather than an accomplished prosecutor, attorney-general and vice president.

Retired pro wrestler Hulk Hogan beat his chest and ripped his shirt on stage (again), while Tesla billionaire and Trump bank roller Elon Musk raised his arms, made guttural sounds and boasted about being “dark gothic MAGA”.

UFC boss Dana White made another appearance, describing Trump as “the most resilient, hardest working human being that I’ve ever met in my life.”

The event exuded a bygone stereotype of masculinity. Meanwhile, Harris’ campaign has focused on appeals to women – and men – over reproductive rights, including on-stage appearances in the past few days by Beyoncé and Michelle Obama.

In an election already heavily divided along gender lines, the two presidential contenders could not have made the differences more stark ahead of the final week of this campaign.

In State College, Pennsylvania, Trump welcomed members of the college’s wrestling team to the stage, telling the crowd: “I don’t know if this platform can hold them ’cos that’s a lot of muscle!”

Hulk Hogan ripped his shirt on stage while warming up the New York crowd for Donald Trump on Sunday.Credit: AP

And at a late-night rally in Michigan on Friday, he went so far as to mention his campaign advisers’ concerns about his struggles with women.

“They say we’re doing unbelievable with men … Men like me. They say women don’t,” Trump said. “And I say they do, because we’re going to protect [them] from the criminals coming in from the border. They said, ‘Sir, please don’t say you’re going to protect women … because it doesn’t sound really well.’ I said, ‘I think it sounds fine’. We want to protect. That’s our........

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