Aaron Bowater

Wrestling with the Saudis

On April Fools’ Day in 2007, Donald Trump competed on ‘The Grandest Stage of Them All’ (trademark) at Wrestlemania 23. In front of a sold-out crowd of over 80,000 people, and a worldwide TV audience of 1.2 million, the future President shaved the head of fellow mogul Vince McMahon before being on the receiving end of one of wrestling’s most famous finishing move: The Stone Cold Stunner. Lying flat on his back in the middle of the ring, his hands still covered in shaving foam and strands of Mr McMahon’s silver mane, few would believe that Mr Trump would go on to become the leader of the free world in less than a decade’s time.

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When did Senate Judiciary Committee hearings become an audition process for a presidential bid?

The Supreme Court nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh has been nasty. From protests and last minute document dumps to the raised voices and clamour to land the perfect ‘gotcha’ question, the highly partisan hearings have turned into a Democratic contest over who can hit Judge Kavanaugh the hardest. Consensus has formed that the junior senators from California and New Jersey, Kamala Harris and Cory Booker, have done their respective name recognition among the Democratic faithful no harm should either of them seek the Democrat Party nomination in 2020. Which they both will.It’s not just Kavanaugh who has faced this Democratic barrage.

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