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The strangest US presidential campaign, drained of colour and crowds. But is it the run-in to end them all?

The strangest US presidential campaign, drained of colour and crowds. But is it the run-in to end them all? No American alive today will be able to recall a contest for the presidency in which both candidates have reached so enthusiastically for the language of apocalypse - not because they’ve got carried away by excitement, but because they believe it.

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