REPUBLICAN presidential nominee Donald Trump’s team scrambled on Tuesday to stem political damage from his first debate with Democrat Hillary Clinton, as he claimed unfair treatment and renewed his criticism of a Latina pageant contestant that Clinton had attacked him for.Both global financial markets and everyday voters in polls said Clinton had carried the day in their early reviews of the showdown. Trump’s aides tried to spin the night as a win, even as a CNN poll showed that 62% of voters who watched said Clinton won the debate compared to 27% for Trump.Risk appetite improved in the debate’s immediate aftermath, as traders judged that the possibility of a Trump presidency was receding, with the Mexican peso surging against the dollar, as havens from gold to Treasuries retreated.The debate quickly got personal on the stage at Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York, on Monday, as Trump accused Clinton of staying home while he campaigned, and Clinton questioned Trump’s wealth, c...
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