It started the minute they walked on stage last night and skipped the pretense of a cordial handshake.
Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton spent 90 minutes trying to destroy one another during their second US presidential debate.
Clinton struck first, pointing to the 2005 videotape of Trump talking crudely about women, she declared "This is who Donald Trump is.''
Trump fired back, saying that as president he would initiate legal proceedings that could see Clinton jailed over her deleted emails.
He also brought up Bill Clinton's extra martial affairs.
But the St. Louis rumble concluded with a voter asking them to say something nice about each other, and they did.
Clinton said she respected Trump's children very much, while Trump said he respected Clinton as a fighter who doesn't give up.