Washington, United States:Donald Trump and Democrat Hillary Clinton head into a crucial presidential debate on Sunday with the Republican's White House campaign in chaos over his lewd boasts about groping women.
With the US election less than a month away, Republican lawmakers and governors abandoned Trump in droves, despite a rare televised apology by the candidate, whose sexually aggressive remarks were caught on a hot mic in 2005.
Trump himself was defiant, posting a video of women who have alleged they were sexually assaulted by former president Bill Clinton.
"So many self-righteous hypocrites. Watch their poll numbers -- and elections -- go down!" Trump tweeted.
But even his surrogates went to ground, leaving former New York mayor Rudolf Giuliani as the billionaire's lone defender on Sunday television talk shows.
Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway and Republican National Committee chairman Reince Preibus both backed out of scheduled television appearances ahead of the debate in St Louis, Missouri.
During a campaign event for Democrats in his home state of Illinois, President Barack Obama weighed into the political crisis roiling both Trump's campaign and the Republican Party as a whole.
With the US election less than a month away, Republican lawmakers and governors abandoned Trump in droves, despite a rare televised apology by the candidate, whose sexually aggressive remarks were caught on a hot mic in 2005.
Trump himself was defiant, posting a video of women who have alleged they were sexually assaulted by former president Bill Clinton.
"So many self-righteous hypocrites. Watch their poll numbers -- and elections -- go down!" Trump tweeted.
But even his surrogates went to ground, leaving former New York mayor Rudolf Giuliani as the billionaire's lone defender on Sunday television talk shows.
During a campaign event for Democrats in his home state of Illinois, President Barack Obama weighed into the political crisis roiling both Trump's campaign and the Republican Party as a whole.
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