More then five hours after his rally at Madison Square Garden began, Donald Trump slowly walked onto the stage. The arena was filled from floor to roof with around 20,000 supporters, bathed in red and blue light. They had listened and cheered, bought hot dogs and taken selfies as more than two dozen others spoke. One comedian called Puerto Rico a “floating island of trash”; Elon Musk clumsily pushed for early voting and gleefully lapped up chants of “Elon!” But the main draw, of course, was Mr Trump himself, who spoke at the famous arena in America’s largest city in the final days of what could be his final campaign. When Trump finally appeared, the crowd roared. He basked.