Furious Donald Trump disowns ‘weak’ Republican party and vows to go it alone as backers defend his genital-grabbing comments
Businessman fires a series of angry tweets at the party members deserting him over controversial sex comments
DONALD Trump brushed off the disappearing support of his own party and warned: "Now the shackles are off."
The Republican candidate for US President has seen his backing dry up after a series of controversial taped comments released at the weekend.
The most notable name to leave the Trump stable was Speaker Paul Ryan who admitted he could not support the businessman yesterday.
And that drew the ire of Trump, who went on a furious Twitter rant this afternoon.
The 70-year-old wrote: "It is so nice that the shackles have been taken off me and I can now fight for America the way I want to."
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He added: "Our very weak and ineffective leader, Paul Ryan, had a bad conference call where his members went wild at his disloyalty."
A third tweet read: "Despite winning the second debate in a landslide (every poll), it is hard to do well when Paul Ryan and others give zero support!"
He later turned his fire on the Republican party as a whole.
The controversial former host of The Apprentice added: "With the exception of cheating Bernie out of the nom the Dems have always proven to be far more loyal to each other than the Republicans!"
Trump infuriated Republicans and Democrats alike following a series of recordings released by on Saturday.
In them, Trump is heard to seemingly condone sexual assault, comments he later described as "locker room banter".
He is heard to say: "I just start kissing them. It's like a magnet. Just kiss.
"I don't even wait. And when you're a star they let you do it. You can do anything.
"Grab them by the pussy. You can do anything."
Trump was widely believed to have destroyed his chances of securing the presidency following the comments.
But a bullish performance in Sunday night's second debate with Hillary Clinton saw his ratings recover.
Opinion polls now rate Clinton at 49 per cent to secure the White House, with Trump lagging behind on 42 percent.
Americans go to the polls on November 8.
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