With Friday afternoon providing the American public not one but two “October surprises”, when at almost exactly the same time Wikileaks revealed the bulk of Hillary Clinton’s sensitive speeches to Wall Street while WaPo exposed a tape in which Donald Trump made obscene sexual remarks in 2005 in a private setting (both of which took place shortly after the US formally accused Russia of hacking Democratic servers and subverting the US political process) the media has gravitated toward the latter as the source of far greater indignation, and as a result Trump issued a midnight statement, apologizing for his lewd remarks.
The apology came less than 48 hours before Trump and Clinton are scheduled to meet in the second presidential debate, and as Trump found himself under intense pressure from GOP leaders, amid an unprecedented outpouring of anger from conservatives, some of whom are demanding he pull out of the race entirely.
In a rare moment of contrition for the famously unapologetic businessman, facing a media firestorm, his video statement, released at 12:09 a.m. on Saturday, was the first step for Trump if he’s going to turn his campaign around. In it, he vowed to ‘be a better man tomorrow.’
This post was published at Zero Hedge on Oct 8, 2016.
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