Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump met in a globally televised showdown last night in the run up to the presidential elections. Amid the jokes about shoulder shimmys, awkward one-liners and Trump's excessive sniffing, they got onto the pressing issues of exposing Trump's deeply misogynistic comments towards women, the 'birther' lie about Obama, his failure to highlight his tax returns and any realistic policies aside from hitching up a fence; dredging up the mystery surrounding Clinton's 33,000 deleted emails, the Trans-Pacific Partnership she's flip-flopped over, her role in the Benghazi attack as secretary of state and her ‘stamina’.

Statistics from CNN have shown that 67 per cent of respondents thought that Clinton won the debate, with 27 per cent siding with Trump. 57 per cent of voters said Clinton did a better job of addressing concerns people may have about her candidacy, and 56 per cent pegged her as a stronger leader. The gap got smaller however when it came to who was most sincere and authentic, with Clinton at 53 per cent and Trump at 40 per cent. Trump only beat out Clinton when it came to which of them spent the most time attacking the other, at 56 per cent of the vote.

The Internet has had a lot to say since, and it seems some 140-character tweets in particular have come out as the winners compared to some of the desperate spiels we heard last night. Here are some of the best reactions.

TRUMP’S EXCESSIVE SNIFFING

STAMINA (STAMINA, STAMINA, STAMINA)

CALLING OUT TRUMP’S BIRTHER LIE ABOUT OBAMA

AND HACKING

WEIRD BODY MOVEMENTS, EXPRESSIONS AND NOISES

BRINGING THE SPOUSES INTO IT

THE ACTUAL FACE-OFF