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Donald Trump takes the stand in New York civil fraud trial

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It’s election day in the United States.

Today’s trip to the polls isn’t as explosive as the election day that’s coming next year… but political analysts say some of the key races could foreshadow what lies ahead.

All this as the Republican nominee frontrunner – former U.S. president Donald Trump – had a showdown in a New York courtroom Monday, taking the stand for nearly four hours in his civil fraud trial.

Trump often went after the judge and lost his temper. In fact – at one point the judge had asked Trump’s attorneys if they could control their client.

For more on this, we’re joined by cultural critic and Professor of English and Cultural Studies at McMaster University, Henry Giroux.