I’ll get to the sport in a bit.

Meanwhile, it’s just like the old line says: “If one person says it’s raining and another says it’s not raining, then the journalist should look out the window and report the truth.”

Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris and vice presidential nominee Tim “Coach” Walz. Credit: AP

In that spirit, I have looked out the window and can report the screamingly obvious truth: Donald Trump is entirely unfit to be the American president. Look no further than the naked nonsense of the “Stop the steal” attempted coup, and the consequent insurrection of January 6, 2021, to know that he disgraces the office he once held and should not be allowed back within a bull’s roar of it.

What interests me for the purpose of this column though, is looking at the coming American presidential election through the prism of sport. Trump’s lack of character as illustrated by sport is so overwhelming the great American sportswriter Rick Reilly wrote a book called Commander-in-Cheat: How Golf Explains Trump, insisting: “Donald Trump is the worst cheat ever, and he doesn’t care who knows. I always say golf is like bicycle shorts. It reveals a lot about a man. And golf reveals a lot of ugliness in this president.”

These proved to be his opening remarks.

And on the other side of the political equation?

Well, here’s the current point of interest. Step forward Tim Walz, the running mate of Democrat Presidential........

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