Posted on 09/30/2016 7:57:12 AM PDT by Donglalinger
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump took to Twitter early Friday morning to go to war with his latest campaign nemesis: former Miss Universe Alicia Machado.
During the debate earlier this week, Democrat Hillary Clinton brought up Trump’s past weight-shaming comments about Machado, who was Miss Venezuela when Trump took over the Miss Universe beauty pageant in 1996. Machado, now a well-known actress in Latin America, says Trump once called her “fat,” “ugly” and “Miss Piggy,” among other things.
In tweets posted a little after 5 a.m. on Friday, Trump brought up reports indicating that Machado was once accused of driving a getaway car from a murder scene in Venezuela. (Earlier this week, CNN’s Anderson Cooper asked Machado, who was never charged, about the allegation. She admitted to not being a “saint girl” but said the real issue at hand was Trump’s attempt to “destroy my self-esteem.”) Trump also suggested that the public “check out” Machado’s “sex tape and past.”
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Remember that he disappeared from the news very quickly once Trump began belittling him in public. That story backfired on the Democrats, and this one probably will, too.
If this Machado broad disappears from the news by 5:00 PM today, then maybe this is all part of a good campaign strategy.
Of course he had to attack her, he was leading by too much.
There is video...easily obtainable of this woman getting three-holed... after her stint as Miss Universe.
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LMAO - “getting three-holed”!
All his time? Where do you get that?
I get there is bias, but, like Trump said, he has to punch through the media.
I agree he needs to bring up the items you outlined, but he still has to respond to this issue. He can walk and chew gum at the same time.
LOL
So Trump should just take the punch to the face.
“He needs to cut back slightly on the number of rallies and spend more time working on his tactical game plan.”
Wow, you didn’t happen to work on the Romney campaign did you? That tactic worked out great for him.
Agree, but now leave it alone and counter-attack on Hillary’s mistreatment of women.
Attack who? His tweets (all three) are directed at Hillary lack of judgement.
Trump should have just laughed off this BS, said something like, “I calls ‘em like I sees ‘em, folks, and then moved on to call Hillary out for several of her more well-known crimes.
CLINTON: Her name is Alicia Machado.TRUMP: Where did you find this?
CLINTON: And she has become a U.S. citizen, and you can bet...
TRUMP: Oh, really?
CLINTON: ... she's going to vote this November.
TRUMP: OK, good. Let me just tell you...
(APPLAUSE)
HOLT: Mr. Trump, could we just take 10 seconds and then we ask the final question...
Trump has not commented on this with the exception of this mornings tweet. Hillary and the media are the ones who keep harping on it day after day. Get your facts correct and be part of the revolution.
Sorry, you’re wrong. Trump mentioned this in a Fox interview the morning after the debate, then again on O’Reilly, etc. You need to get your facts correct and stop believing that Trump can do no wrong.
Hillary the Enabler.
Too often Trump “punching back” involves stepping on his own junk. This is not hurting Hillary. It is hurting TRUMP.
He should confine himself to questioning and exposing her policies, lies, and ethics. Everything else will take care of itself. Do not get drawn into a marble shooting or spitting contest. Just stay focused on her ethics, lies, and policies as if they were the only thing in the universe. Do that and everything else will take care of itself. He did that well in the debate. They already know how to push his buttons. He just needs to stay aware that they know how to set him off and not fall into their stalling and deflecting traps. Heep on the Hillary ethics, lies, and policies trail and he will have ample time for revenge later.
I wish Trump wouldn’t be so quick to jump on provocations like this. I don’t see how this will help regardless of whether the accusations against her are true.
Please get back on message with the topics that are really important to Americans and stop getting sucked into debates meant to distract from those important things.
P.S. Please be prepared for the next debate.
This Machado attack is part of a pre scripted media attack coordinated with the Clinton Campaign.
It was one of several trial balloons Hillary floated at the debate and its the only one that Trump did not shhot down in the debate.
Correct. Which is why Trump should just be laying out the facts of a “rigged system” (Hillary colluding with the media) instead of going on and on about the bimbo.
He tweeted 3 statements that questioned Hillary’s judgement. Those 3 statements are dominating the news cycle.
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