>> To the point of nearly installing Hillary as president? <<
Sure. Have you forgotten about a little thing called human nature? You keep insulting my family members long enough and there’s really no telling what kind of destructive behavior you might provoke from me.
(I guess you might call it Dueling By Other Means.)
Not saying it’s good or bad — just a fact of life.
Agree with you on that, when you do attack as Trump did, you do risk responses that are not always well-contained.
...but I still have difficulty getting over it, considering the stakes for the country.