Donald Trump: The wrecking ball

 Saturday, four years after Trump's shock victory over Hillary Clinton, Americans voted no-confidence in the 74-year-old's brazen claim, turfing him out of the presidency after just one term.As ever, Trump had gone into the fight against Joe Biden supremely sure of his powers.

Polls consistently found that a narrow majority of Americans opposed him, but those who did support Trump expressed rarely seen levels of adoration. The chance of another epic upset could not be ruled out.Yet Trump had taken office vowing to end "American carnage.

On the eve of the election, more than 230,000 had died from the coronavirus, while lockdowns have left millions in economic dire straits. Racial wounds, bared during a summer of protests, festered while Republicans and Democrats in Washington bickered and backstabbed

He was only the third US president to have been impeached and he faced a morass of courtroom probes, ranging from tax issues to accusations of rape and other sexual assault.