Donald Trump attacks 'disgusting and corrupt media'

Donald Trump has blamed the "disgusting" media for a week of distractions at a time when Republicans have urged him to focus on Democratic rival Hillary Clinton.

The Republican presidential candidate will get another chance to reset his campaign on Monday when he is expected to lay out his plan for defeating what running mate Mike Pence on Sunday called "radical Islamic terrorism" with "real specifics" on how to make the United States safer.

But Mr Trump set up that address with extensive new complaints about the latest disastrous week of coverage and reports of campaign chaos.

Not to blame, Mr Trump suggested, were his own remarks that gun rights supporters could "do something" if Mrs Clinton becomes president and appoints liberal judges, or his repeated insistence on the falsehood that President Barack "Obama founded Isis".

"If the disgusting and corrupt media covered me honestly and didn't put false meaning into the words I say, I would be beating Hillary by 20%," he tweeted.

That tweet was followed by: "My rallies are not covered properly by the media. They never discuss the real message and never show crowd size or enthusiasm."

His anti-media tweet storm topped half a dozen posts by mid-afternoon.

It was the latest in a series of implicit acknowledgements by the Republican presidential nominee that he is not winning and in fact could be headed for a big loss to Mrs Clinton on Election Day in less than three months.