Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is facing waves of criticism and calls to drop out of the race for the White House. Even the non-partisan group World Ad-Hock Association of Witches has joined the anti-Trump movement as it tries to "exert mental influence" on the business magnate to persuade him to finally bow out of the race.

The pagan group has issued a "call to action" on its members to force Trump to quit. During the last presidential debate, they chanted "quit the race" every time CNN's Anderson Cooper questioned Trump. When Trump answered questions, they chanted "I quit" in an effort to find an opening in Trump's "mental field."

"From the moment we begin our influence, the idea of quitting will dominate Trump's mind," Peter Gower, the group's Scotland-based spokesman, told The Telegraph before the debate was held. "We will cause no physical harm. We will simply hold up a mirror to him on the astral plane. As we watch the debate, tens of thousands of us will shout the idea of quitting into his mind."

"This is exactly what part of this extremely dangerous man's mind wants anyway, and we intend to ensure that it happens. It is possible he may announce during the debate itself that he's quitting. But whatever happens, he will quit no more than 24 hours later," he claimed.

Their chants apparently did not work since Trump is still on the race. However, Trump's campaign is now marred by the leaked video from 2005 showing him making lewd comments on women.

Trump's wife Melania has come to her husband's defence, telling CNN that Donald was simply "egged on" into "boy talk" during that recording. "I believe my husband. I believe my husband," she insisted. "This was all organised from the opposition. And with the details... did they ever check the background of these women? They don't have any facts."

Melania said she's never heard her husband use that kind of language before. That's why she was surprised by the recording. "The boys, the way they talk when they grow up and they want to sometimes show each other, 'Oh, this and that' and talking about the girls. But yes, I was surprised, of course," she added.