Irish Examiner View: Grumpy old men Trump and Biden a disgrace

Televised US presidential debate like film 'Raging Bull'

US president, Donald Trump, and Democratic  candidate, Joe Biden, during the first presidential debate, on Tuesday. Picture: Olivier Douliery/AP

IF anyone still needs convincing that there is something rotten about US politics, try watching the television debate between Donald Trump and Joe Biden. Be warned, though: It is 90 minutes long and anyone who watches it will never get those 90 minutes back. 

Trump’s tactics were simple: Keep shouting —  the louder the better. His performance was the verbal equivalent of a particularly brutal scene in the movie Raging Bull.