Donald Trump downplays Hillary Clinton’s poll lead

Republican Donald Trump’s top aides and supporters yesterday downplayed a chaotic week in which the New York businessman was distracted from his core message by personal spats, as a new poll showed him trailing Democrat Hillary Clinton.

A Washington Post-ABC News poll released yesterday found Clinton leading among registered voters with 50% of support in the week after the Democratic Party convention where she was formally named the presidential nominee, compared to 42% for Trump.

“Everyone should calm down about it,” Trump adviser Rudy Giuliani, the former New York mayor, told ABC News yesterday. “There is certainly every opportunity for Trump to win this election.”