General Discussion

Analysis
Frightening, fascinating and shocking drama
published at 13:34
13:34

Gary O'Donoghue
Chief North America correspondent

So often politics struggles to break through, showbiz for ugly people someone once called it.

But these past three hours between the world's richest billionaire and the world's most powerful man have been pure box office.

Like the best dramas, it's frightening, fascinating, and shocking, all at once.

Frightening because one of them has multinational, multibillion-dollar companies to run - the other has a global superpower to steer through a chaotic and dangerous world.

It's fascinating because you can't take your eyes off them lobbing metaphorical rocks at one another; indulging in plain name-calling - and trading threats.

And it's shocking because these two both wield real power in their own way - and frankly you just don't know what they might do next.