Click here for the article by Think Progress editor-in-chief Judd Legum entitled "Trump's terrible, horrible, no good, very bad week."
Just before the first debate, legendary pollster Nate Silver at FiveThirtyEight was giving Trump 50:50 odds of winning the election; it had been a steady decline for Clinton, who hit a high of 85:15 after the terrible Republican and tremendous Democratic conventions. Team Trump were downright giddy. Then came this:
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 26
4:45 PM: Washington Post releases report raising questions about the Trump Foundation.
9:00 PM: First presidential debate begins.
9:35 PM: Trump effectively admits paying no federal income taxes, brags about it. [Trump pays no federal taxes? "That makes me smart."]
10:21 PM: Trump gets cornered after repeating lie that he opposed the Iraq War, begs media to call Sean Hannity.
10:35 PM: Trump defends calling Alicia Machado, former Miss Universe, “Miss Piggy.” [And "Miss Housekeeping" -- she's Latina.]
11:44 PM: CNN poll shows viewers overwhelmingly thought Clinton won the debate. [62:27]
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27
12:34 AM — 2:23 AM: Trump dismisses CNN poll, promotes unscientific internet polls showing him winning the debate. [They're "fan polls," where you can literally vote ten, a hundred, or a thousand times; or at the very least, you can vote from your iPhone, your iPad, your notebook, your desktop, and the computer at the library -- and really, a poll conducted on the Breitbart site? How many Hillary supporters are ever going to see that poll?]
7:09 AM: Trump renews his attack on beauty queen Alicia Machado, says she “gained a massive amount of weight.” [Phoning it in to his airhead buddies on the curvy couch at "Fox & Friends" -- you can see the consternation on their vapid faces -- why is he doing this?]
11 AM: White Nationalist leader David Duke defends Trump’s debate performance, calls him “our candidate.” [He has Pepe the Frog and the Basket of Deplorables vote wrapped up.]
9:07 PM: The Arizona Republic, which has never endorsed a Democrat since it began publishing in 1890, endorses Hillary Clinton.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 28
8:30 AM: Forbes reports that Trump’s net worth has fallen by $800 million in the last year.
8:07 PM: Trump continues his attacks on Machado: “It is a beauty contest. They know what they are getting into.” [He just can't leave it alone: Trump will be Trump.]
9:00 PM: Trump accuses Google of suppressing “bad news” about Hillary Clinton. [Searches at Yahoo.com, for instance, auto-complete "Hillary Clinton cr" to "Hillary Clinton criminal"; Google doesn't. Turns out Google's algorithm is programmed not to auto-complete any search with disparaging terms such as "criminal"; it has nothing to do with Clinton favoritism.]
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 29
5:42 AM: Newsweek reports that Trump violated the Cuba embargo. [A Trump company secretly did business in Cuba; illegal, of course.]
8:22 AM: LA Times reports that Trump tried to fire women who worked at his golf club who weren’t pretty enough.
11 AM: Trump’s campaign manager accidentally confirms that Trump did violate the Cuba embargo. [Thank you, Kellyanne Conway, who said it wasn't fair to go back to 1988.]
11:15 AM: Marco Rubio, Republican candidate for Senate in the key state of Florida, says he’s “deeply concerned” about reports Trump violated the Cuba embargo. ["Little Marco" still supports him, though -- while twisting slowly, slowly in the wind.]
4 PM: Trump falsely accuses the FBI of giving “immunity” to Hillary Clinton.
7:34 PM: A member of the Wall Street Journal’s notoriously conservative editorial board endorses Hillary Clinton. [Dorothy Rabinowitz says of Hillary: "She alone stands between America and the reign of the most unstable, unfit president in U.S. history." The Wall Street Journal editorial board? Et tu, Brute?]
7:45 PM: Days after renouncing birtherism, Trump tells New Hampshire reporter he’s “very proud” of it.
9:15 PM: Trump says Angela Merkel is the foreign leader he most admires. He’s spent much of the campaign trashing Merkel and comparing her to Hillary. [He pronounces it "Anjela"; he has said she is "ruining" Germany.]
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30
12:54 AM: USA Today’s editorial board, which has never taken sides in a presidential election, declares Trump “unfit to be president.” [That's the newspaper with by far the biggest circulation in the country, almost double #2, the Wall Street Journal.]
5:30 AM: Trump calls Machado “disgusting,” encourages his supporters to search for her “sex tape.” [There is no Machado "sex tape" -- but check out The Donald's sex tape, referenced below.]
2:39 PM: Trump defends early morning tweets, says they show he’s ready to be president. [Because when that famous 3 a.m. call comes and he's faced with a nuclear emergency, he'll be up and ready with his phone in his hand!]
5:39 PM: BuzzFeed reports that Trump appeared in a softcore porn movie. [He breaks a bottle of champagne on a Playboy-branded limo while several of the Playmates are visiting New York City. "Other scenes from the film feature fully nude women posing in sexual positions, dancing naked, touching themselves while naked, touching each other sensually, rubbing honey on themselves, taking a bath, and dressing in costumes." No actual nudity by The Donald himself, apparently -- which is just as well, considering his small hands.]
6:30 PM: Trump says election could be rigged, tells supporters to monitor polling places for voter fraud.
6:45 PM: Trump releases ad featuring Ivanka Trump to appeal to women. It includes the line: “The most important job a woman can have is being a mother.” [That'll win the working women's votes, for sure.]
7 PM: Trump demands Obama promise not to pardon Clinton, which would be impossible since Clinton has not been charged with or convicted of a crime.
8:30 PM: Washington Post releases another damaging report about the Trump Foundation. [The Trump foundation is ordered to stop soliciting money.]
9 PM: Trump calls New York Times, promises to get “nasty.” [Does the word "Monica" ring a bell? And Donald, have you heard of glass houses?]
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1
9:15 PM: The New York Times reveals Trump’s 1995 tax return, which shows $915 million loss. [Which could allow him to pay no federal income tax for the next 18 years.]
9:45 PM: Trump mocks Hillary Clinton’s bout with pneumonia, pantomimes her stumbling into her car. [Remember him mocking the disabled reporter?]
10:15 PM: Trump says Hillary Clinton “could actually be crazy.” [Do you know the meaning of the word "projection," Donald?]
10:30 PM: Trump accuses Hillary Clinton of cheating on her husband. [Without a shred of evidence, or even rumor; I haven't seen this suggested on the slimiest of wingnut sites -- and I hold my breath and check on them from time to time, then immediately shower.]
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 2
9:06 AM: Trump adviser Chris Christie says the report of him not paying taxes is “a very good story” for Trump. [Great stuff, Chris! Keep it coming!]
9:08 AM: Trump adviser Rudy Giuliani calls Trump a “genius” for not paying taxes. [Great stuff, Rudy! Keep it coming!]
8 PM: LeBron James, a hero in the key state of Ohio, endorses Hillary Clinton. [He's "King James" in Ohio.]
MONDAY, OCTOBER 3
3:26 AM: The AP releases detailed report on Trump’s pattern of sexual harassment while filming The Apprentice.
Thus endeth The Donald's weekus horribilis -- and Nate Silver pegs Hillary's chances at 75:25.
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