IS THIS the end for Donald Trump’s presidential ambition? It really could be.
A fortnight ago, as he prepared for the first presidential debate, the Republican nominee was almost level with Hillary Clinton in the polls. But after an offensive and intemperate performance on September 29th, followed by more blunders—including a ridiculous series of late-night tweets intended to slander a former beauty queen, who had decried his obnoxious treatment of her—the Republican nominee is trailing by five points.
And now this:
On October 7th the Washington Post posted a video on its website that included inadvertently-recorded remarks by Mr Trump that were repellent even by his low standards. They formed part of a conversation with Billy Bush, a television presenter, which was recorded in 2005, as Mr Trump was getting ready for a television appearance to publicise his cameo role in a soap opera. Mr Bush, who happens to be a nephew of George H.W. Bush, was accompanying Mr Trump on-set, initially aboard a bus, and seemingly wired up to a microphone.
The recorded conversation, which was leaked to the Post from NBC, starts with him...Continue reading
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