Hillary must be at top of her game in the run-in, or it’s President Trump

The clock is ticking all to quickly towards polling day and the first presidential debate with Trump is on Monday, writes Alison O’Connor.

The date for the US election is creeping closer and with it the growing fear that a man so obnoxious he almost defies description will end up as president of America.

There are more than 320m people living in the US and while unscientific, it seems as if there are that many, if not more, globally, wishing for an outcome where Donald Trump does not end up in the White House with his finger on the ‘nuclear button;”.