“The people are very angry with the leadership of this party, because this is an election that we will win, 100 per cent, if we had support from the top,” he said.

Mrs Clinton said she intended to reach out to Republican leaders in Congress next month but sidestepped a question of whether she plans to meet one-on-one with Mr Trump after the November election.

She said she would do "everything I can to reach out to people who didn't vote for me".

At the Alfred E. Smith Memorial Dinner in New York last week, Mrs Clinton reportedly said to MrTrump: "Donald, whatever happens, we need to work together afterwards."

Her campaign announced yesterday she would be spending election night in New York with an event at the Javits Center - possibly chosen because the conference venue has a glass ceiling.

Mrs Clinton was also boosted yesterday by the Muslim-American father who lost his son in Iraq and was attacked by Mr Trump over the summer.

Khizr Khan said the Republican was unfit to lead the country's armed forces and claimed the "future of the earth" was at stake on November 8.

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Trump detours from campaign trail to open Washington hotel

Mr Trump raised eyebrows yesterday by departing the campaign trail to attend the grand opening of his new luxury hotel in Washington, David Lawler reports.

With thirteen days remaining before the election, and Hillary Clinton ahead in the polls, Mr Trump held what his campaign said was not a campaign event, but a "corporate ceremony".

The Republican nominee kept one eye on the election, though, comparing the renovations of the historic building - just down Pennsylvania Avenue from the White House - to the changes in store for America if he is elected.

Acknowledging the elephant in the room, he said building hotels "seems very insignificant compared to what we're doing now," quickly adding that he would soon depart for the swing state of North Carolina.