Is it all over for Trump? Democratic nominee Kamala Harris and Republican former president Donald Trump met for the first time in Pennsylvania last night, eight weeks ahead of the US elections on 5 November.
Harris skewers angry, maddened foe
Bait: One leading commentator said: “Harris set the trap, and Donald Trump charged in time and time again. She appeared poised, calm, cool, collected…he was a teapot boiling over” Glossary
Rhetoric - The art of persuasion.
Plato - One of the most important Ancient Greek philosophers.
Parenthetical - Saying something as an addition to what you are mainly trying to say.
Democrats - Members of the Democratic party, the left-leaning US political party. Joe Biden and Barack Obama are both Democrats.
Fulminate - Criticise strongly. It can also mean to explode. It derives from a Latin word meaning to strike with lightning.
Gaza - The smaller of two Palestinian territories, home to two million people. It is located on the Mediterranean coast, bordered by Israel and Egypt.
Reticent - Reluctant. Not revealing one's thoughts readily.
Apocalypse - A Christian name for the end of the world. Descended from a Greek word meaning uncover, it was used to describe the Biblical book of Revelation.