LAS VEGAS: Donald Trump will aim to dump his losing political hand Wednesday in his third and final presidential debate with Hillary Clinton, as polls show the Democrat has widened her lead over the provocative billionaire.
With just 20 days before Americans cast ballots November 8, the two candidates will face off at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas at 6:00 pm (0100 GMT Thursday) in what is sure to be a 90-minute slugfest watched by millions.
The Republican nominee, 70, is looking to bounce back from allegations made by several women of unwanted sexual advances, which came on the heels of the release of a 2005 video in which he made crass remarks about women.
"This is our final shot, folks," Trump, who has in recent days made multiple unsubstantiated allegations that the election will be "rigged," told supporters Tuesday in Colorado.
In recent weeks, polls have shown Clinton, 68, pulling ahead of Trump both on the national level and in key battleground states. She leads by more than six points in an average of national polls compiled by RealClearPolitics.
Women especially have thrown their support to Clinton -- the difference now stands at 52 to 38 percent, according to a survey by Quinnipiac University.
Team Trump set the tone ahead of the political battle, with campaign CEO Steve Bannon promising that their debate invitation to President Barack Obama's Trump-supporting half-brother Malik was "just an appetizer."
The Manhattan real estate mogul has invited other guests who "expose Bill and Hillary's sordid past," Bannon told CNN, referring to Clinton and her husband, the former president.
The pro-Trump Breitbart website also published allegations by a former television reporter that Bill Clinton sexually assaulted her three times while serving as governor of Arkansas.
Clinton's spokesman Brian Fallon said he "wouldn't be surprised" if Trump raised those claims during the debate, adding that Trump's scorched earth strategy could backfire.
"If he brings this approach to the debate stage tonight, it will be his loss," he told MSNBC.
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