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    OPINION - Donald Trump and Joe Biden: two ageing prizefighters in the ring for a gladiatorial battle

    by Sarah Baxter Mar 06, 2024 4 minutes
    Source: AP

    Welcome to the political Thunderdome. The 2024 US election will be a gladiatorial battle between two ageing prize fighters who are determined to keep taking swings at each other. With Super Tuesday over and Joe Biden’s televised State of the Union address tomorrow, the contest is entering its fateful mano-a-mano stage. Trump has the manic energy and white-knuckle fury over losing the last election to come roaring back into the ring, while vanity, unquenched ambition and a misplaced saviour complex are propping up Joe Biden in the other corner well beyond his natural sell-by date.

    For the moment it looks like advantage Trump. At Mar-a-Lago, he entered the ballroom with a fist pump last night, while Biden, presumably,

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