WASHINGTON: White House candidate Donald Trump desperately needs a strong debate performance against Hillary Clinton on Sunday, but a damaging video of him making lewd comments about women raises the stakes significantly.

His anything-but-ordinary presidential bid, and the embattled Republican Party with it, was thrown into disarray by the misogynistic comments, with growing calls from top Republicans for him to step aside.

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