Today feels like a sort of Apocalypse Day. Americans are going to the polls to vote for their next president and the world is holding its breath.

How is it even possible that someone like Donald Trump, convicted felon, sexual abuser and a narcissist who considers himself the best president of all time – including Lincoln – is neck and neck with his opponent?

We’re all hoping for a miracle, while still fearing the Democrats have already lost it by their failure to stop Biden running for a second term.

Kamala Harris wouldn’t have been the choice if there’d been time for a proper contest. But there wasn’t and I’ll take someone who’s a mediocre orator, who dodges interviews and comes up with bizarre “word salads”, simply because she is not a dangerous demagogue surrounded by sinister right-wing forces with a vice-presidential partner who looks like a serial killer from a Netflix drama.

The bitter truth about how our love of sweets is harming our health - The Irish News view

Tom Collins: If Trump wins, the United States as we know it is lost

It’s hard to credit that an election of........

© The Irish News