The Trump’s Bomb is Ticking

John Cassidy:

It is in this context—a race that is basically done, but not quite over—that Trump’s latest rhetoric and the responses to it need to be viewed. In the past few days, the de-facto leader of Trump’s party, Paul Ryan, has all but deserted him. Hillary Clinton’s campaign, meanwhile, has grown so confident that it has made plans to shift some resources to congressional races. At the same time, the allegations of sexual misconduct levelled against Trump have mounted.