Nude singing cowboy? Check. Man in poo hat? Check. It's election time!
A PROTESTOR wearing a poo-shaped hat and a half-naked singing cowboy mingling with a navy veteran - it could be only the US presidential election.
With less than two days to go until the most hotly anticipated vote in recent history, election fever was in full swing on Donald Trump's doorstep yesterday.
Congregating outside Trump Tower, an imposing Manhattan skyscraper where the tycoon shares a three-storey penthouse with wife Melania, voters from all backgrounds came to have their say.
The colourful crowd, placard waving and angry outbursts quickly attracted supporters and intrigued tourists alike who jostled to get selfies with a Trump impersonator.
Trump himself was nowhere to be seen.
That idea makes Paul Rosen break into a cold sweat.
"I find him a detestable man," he says, sporting a hat in the shape of a poo and carrying a poster saying 'dump Trump'.
He's also selling badges for $3 a pop giving the same message.
The 54-year-old comedy club manager from New York claims to have sold 'many thousands' of them since he started campaigning against the tycoon six months ago.
"He's racist. He blames an entire religion (Islam) on the actions of a few. And he's sexist," he spouts.
He admits Trump does have chance Of beating Hillary Clinton, but not a big one, he believes.
"He has a path to victory but Hillary has a highway. But I'm not thrilled with Hillary either.
"Her support for the war in Iraq bothers me greatly. That resulted in the deaths of a lot of people.
"So, it's a matter, like with most people, I don't like Hillary, but I hate Trump.
"Out of 330million Americans, this is the best we can do. It's absolutely pathetic and embarrassing."
He later nearly gets into a punch-up with a passerby who heckles and then pushes him.
As they square up, Rosen shouts: "Touch me again d**kface and I'll bury you.
"Don't touch me old man. We know you're going bald."
His rival removes his cap to show a full head of hair and fires back: "You're a moron."
As they lock verbal horns, they're interrupted from nowhere by a Trump-supporting cowboy who starts belting out tunes wearing only boots, a hat and pants.
His guitar is placed so as to give the illusion he is naked.
Standing nearby is another Trump fan - 73-year-old former US Navy lieutenant Douglas Burris - highlighting just what a mixed crowd the Republican fireband attracts.
Mr Burris is desperate for the sabre-rattling billionaire to 'drain the swamp' - a phrase used by Trump when he vowed to clean up government corruption and led to him later claiming he would jail Hillary for using a private e-mail server.
"I believe Trump is the better candidate," he said.
"He has not been in any scandals regarding the constitution that I am aware of.
"Drain the swamp. Far too many people in Washington have become too comfortable thinking they have a God-given right to tell the rest of us how to live."
Mr Burris, from New Jersey, also expressed concern that Clinton would have ownership of the codes required to launch a nuclear strike given her breach of security by setting up her own non-government sanctioned e-mail account.
He claims to have had access to 'secret codes' himself during his time in the navy, without wanting to elaborate.
"I don't think Hillary understands the responsibility that comes with having those codes.
"If I had been careless with those like Hillary has been (with her private e-mail server), I'd be in prison."
