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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Politics
Andrew Buncombe

Republican debate: Rivals clash as Donald Trump makes claims about size of his genitals

The first Republican debate since the battles of Super Tuesday opened with a volley of insults and innuendo and the sight of Donald Trump seemingly bragging about the size of his genitals.

In exchanges more accustomed to Saturday night comedy shows, Mr Trump referred to comments his rival Marco Rubio had made last week in which he said the tycoon had small hands and that people knew “what they say about people with small hands”.

On Thursday night, Mr Trump held up his hands and said no-one had ever before suggested they were small. “He said if my hands were small, then something else is small,” he said. “I guarantee there is no problem.”

The four remaining candidates debated each other

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