US election: Donald Trump takes centre stage in first Republican debate
- 9 years ago
All eyes were on Donald Trump and he didn’t disappoint.
The billionaire businessman refused to rule out running as an independent for the White House and bristled at questions about his attitudes to women – leaving rivals struggling for attention in Thursday’s first Republican presidential debate.
He blasted the nuclear deal with Iran, which failed to secure the release of US prisoners jailed by Tehran.
“With Iran, we are making a deal, you would say: ‘We want him…We want our prisoners. We want all these things and we don’t get anything.’
“I’ll tell you what, if Iran was a stock, you folks should go out and buy it right now because you’ll quadruple… What is happening in Iran is a disgrace and it is going to lead to destruction in large portions of the world.”
Despite the efforts of Trump, an early-frontrunner in the Republican race, no-one emerged the clear winner from the televised debate in Cleveland, Ohio.
Pundits however picked their favourites in the feisty showdown
The billionaire businessman refused to rule out running as an independent for the White House and bristled at questions about his attitudes to women – leaving rivals struggling for attention in Thursday’s first Republican presidential debate.
He blasted the nuclear deal with Iran, which failed to secure the release of US prisoners jailed by Tehran.
“With Iran, we are making a deal, you would say: ‘We want him…We want our prisoners. We want all these things and we don’t get anything.’
“I’ll tell you what, if Iran was a stock, you folks should go out and buy it right now because you’ll quadruple… What is happening in Iran is a disgrace and it is going to lead to destruction in large portions of the world.”
Despite the efforts of Trump, an early-frontrunner in the Republican race, no-one emerged the clear winner from the televised debate in Cleveland, Ohio.
Pundits however picked their favourites in the feisty showdown