Public Relations

Trump’s Bad Stretch Might Get Worse as Clinton Machine Revs Up

A string of bad press, and the way his Democratic opponent’s allies plan to amplify it, could cut to the core of Trump’s brand as a straight-talker.

Clinton Campaign's Silent on NYT Story on Trump and Women

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Donald Trump finds himself ensnared in one of his worst news cycles of the presidential campaign, and it could get worse this week as the presumptive Republican nominee will face his first real fire from the Clinton machine.

After months of casually deflecting attacks from Republican rivals, Trump is now suddenly on the defensive, fending off questions about whether he impersonated a public-relations agent in the early 1990s, defending his past treatment of women, and trying to explain why he won't make his tax returns public.