USA Today is calling for the Clinton Foundation to close down and transfer its charitable work to other groups.

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"The only way to eliminate the odor surrounding the foundation is to wind it down and put it in mothballs, starting today, and transfer its important charitable work to another large American charity such as the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation," the newspaper's editorial board wrote in a piece published late Wednesday.

"If Hillary Clinton Hillary Diane Rodham ClintonBiden leads Trump by 36 points nationally among Latinos: poll Democratic super PAC to hit Trump in battleground states over coronavirus deaths Battle lines drawn on precedent in Supreme Court fight MORE doesn’t support these steps, she boosts Trump’s farcical presidential campaign and, if she’s elected, opens herself up to the same kind of pay-to-play charges that she was subject to as secretary of State."

USA Today joins other publications, as well as Republicans and some Democrats, who have called for the foundation to be shut down.

The foundation announced last week it would stop accepting foreign and corporate donations if Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton becomes president.

But the editorial called those changes inadequate.

USA Today dismissed Bill Clinton William (Bill) Jefferson ClintonBattle lines drawn on precedent in Supreme Court fight Sunday shows - Ruth Bader Ginsburg's death dominates Bill Clinton on GOP push to fill Ginsburg vacancy: Trump, McConnell 'first value is power' MORE's plans to "tighten the ethical safeguards for the Clinton Foundation, the family charity, to eliminate 'legitimate concerns about potential conflicts of interest.'"

"The plans range from the laughable to the laudable, and they are woefully incomplete," the editorial said.

If Hillary Clinton is elected president, the editorial said, she will face an "uphill battle to rebuild trust in government and find a way to get Washington working again."

"That task will be all the harder if millions of voters repulsed by Trump’s rhetoric and concerned with his volatile behavior find that his 'Crooked Hillary' taunt had some substance in fact," the editorial said.

"Bill Clinton argues that the foundation does vital work and that it 'should continue if Hillary is elected.' But if Hillary Clinton is inaugurated in January, there will be no more vital work for her than being president. The continued existence of the Clinton Foundation will be a distraction that America cannot afford."

Earlier this week, Trump and his running mate, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence Michael (Mike) Richard PenceMcConnell locks down key GOP votes in Supreme Court fight Momentum growing among Republicans for Supreme Court vote before Election Day Sunday shows preview: Justice Ginsburg dies, sparking partisan battle over vacancy before election MORE, called for the Clinton Foundation to be shut down immediately. Trump called the foundation the "most corrupt enterprise in political history."