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27th Sep 2016

The best tweets about the Hillary vs Trump presidential debate

Not sure whether to laugh or cry.

Declan Cashin

It has been dubbed the political battle of the century.

And early indications suggest that as many as 100 million Americans tuned in last night to watch Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump go head-to-head in the first of three planned presidential debates before November’s fateful vote.

Right now, both sides are still arguing over which candidate scored the biggest points from the face-off – Trump started well – despite, or maybe because of some mysterious sniffles – but Hillary took command of the debate half-way through and Trump never regained his footing.

So, while the political wags thrash it out, let us simply enjoy the best, the funniest and the sharpest reaction from Twitter users during the 90-minute clash.

She was ready:

Hillary’s facial expressions and reactions went down a storm:

A1 shout-out to The US Office here!

https://twitter.com/angelnorelation/status/780593485539782660

LOOK AT HER!

Sigh. 

Oh the SASS:

A lot of people were getting pissed off about Trump’s mansplaining…

Trump’s temperament came under scrutiny – not helped by him becoming temperamental while he argued that he has the better temperament to be president:

Debate moderator Lester Holt could barely get a word in:

https://twitter.com/GottliebShow/status/780578693404123136

Trump tied himself in knots over his tax affairs:

https://twitter.com/lazlothebuzz/status/780583802632495104

https://twitter.com/SaraJBenincasa/status/780582685584470016

Plus some of his past statements and untruths got an airing:

https://twitter.com/ziwe/status/780590173193113600

Then there was the topic of the “small loan” from his dad that got him started in business…

Oh, and Trump thinks ISIS has been around for a long time…

In the end, America’s most respected arbiters weighed in:

…and, erm…

And just remember…

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