Is it too late for Trump to pull ahead?

[mark_twain]

It is possible for Trump to win, but not on his own power.

If Clinton does not make any major mistakes between now and election day, she will certainly win. The only way for Clinton to lose is to either 1) do very poorly on one of the remaining debates, 2) say something very stupid on the magnitude of Trump's recent remarks, or 3) suffer a major health setback.

Otherwise, if Clinton does her part to convince voters to vote for her, there is nothing Trump can do to prevent her from winning.

In sports terminology, this is known as "controlling one's own destiny". At this point in the race, Clinton controls her own destiny.

[mark_twain]

The only way for Trump to come back now is for Hillary to give up the race and hand it to him. And everyone knows, including Trump himself, that Hillary will never give up.

So what we see happening now (no surprise) is Trump doing everything he can to worsen his chances to win the election, throwing away his teleprompters and being an idiot, to the point of the voters identifying him with that behavior.

He may not know it himself, but his post-election life is now being jeopardized by his desperate tactics in the race.