ON the stage, his permatanned orange skin glowing, his famous “caterpillar” hairpiece perched on top, and spouting acid bile that could dissolve corpses, Donald Trump gave a thumbs up to his devoted fans this week.

He had just clinched a victory in the primaries of the Republican leadership race in New Hampshire, which is considered a good barometer in predicting the final Republican result.

With his angry, rousing speech and his ideas which border on fascism, “The Donald” has been compared to Italian wartime leader Benito Mussolini.

Trump, like his political polar opposite Jeremy Corbyn in the UK, was considered the joke candidate. He’s racist, misogynistic and he wants more guns.

He gets more airtime than the other candidates put together, in part due to his highly contentious views and partly because he was a media personality and the USA’s tough-talking Alan Sugar equivalent on The Apprentice.

But this rank outsider, while a businessman, has no experience of politics or diplomacy. He is a product of Reagan’s extravagant 1980s, was left a large fortune by his father to give him a huge step up in the business world, and with an estimated $10bn in the bank, clearly enjoys the high life.

The world should be worried, though. There are two outcomes of a Trump leadership victory – one, aggressive foreign policy and anti-Muslim legislation that would have the potential to cause another World War – or two, which, I might suggest is a slightly better option, he hands the White House to the Democrats in the elections.

Despite his pledge to Make America Great Again, Trump’s policy is thin on the ground.

Some examples of his promises include forcing shops to display “Merry Christmas” signs instead of “Seasons Greetings”.

I’m sure that will make America great again. Another of his ideas, taking inspiration from the Emperor Hadrian (and Trump’s mother was Scottish, so he knows about these things), is to build a gigantic wall along the entire US-Mexico border.

And to ban Muslims from the US entirely.

Unfortunately quite a lot of Republicans support Trump. The rest are horrified The Democrats will be laughing all the way the White House. We hope.

THIS week a husband and wife went out for a meal to their local pub. She, wearing skinny jeans and a navy jumper, drank sparkling water while he enjoyed a glass of wine. They leaned into each other, laughing and chatting.

For some strange reason this unremarkable, everyday event was top story on a national newspaper’s website yesterday. Probably because they are the most famous couple in the world – Prince William and Kate – but really, why do we need to know? I know a picture of Kate is perfect “clickbait” on a website, but there were no new pictures and no other information than what she was wearing and what she drank.

I discovered why the next day. There was an in-depth opinion piece the next day about Kate’s eyebrows.

She had attended an event with one eyebrow slightly thicker than the other.

I spent some time staring at the picture and I still couldn’t work out which eyebrow was bigger.

Then I realised that I had spent ten minutes of my life - not spending precious time with my children – but staring at the eyebrows of a woman I I’ve never met, never hope to meet, and don’t really care about.

I’m deleting the Mailonline app.