WorldWHITE PLAINS, AFP -Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton jumped back onto the campaign trail Tuesday after a bitter first head-to-head debate in which Clinton frequently forced her prickly opponent on to the back foot. In a snap CNN poll of 521 voters, 62 percent judged that Clinton had won the debate against 27 percent for Trump, with most mainstream political analysts agreeing Clinton was the stronger performer. “You saw not a perfect performance by Hillary Clinton, but as much as an imperfect performance as you can imagine by her opponent,” he told AFP. Trump squarely blamed Clinton and the political class for losing jobs to Mexico and China through what he termed bad trade deals and incompetence. Clinton tried to undercut Trump's CEO-in-chief acumen by accusing him of having “stiffed” small business contractors throughout his business career.

Source: Sunday Times September 27, 2016 11:37 UTC