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When someone bruises Donald Trump's fragile ego, he cannot let it go. He stays up all night fulminating about it. One article about how he tweets in the middle of the night is excerpted below. A brief editorial piece about how he just cannot let lie the slight by former Miss Universe Alicia Machado, who told the world that he had called he names and she was, thus, supporting his rival, Secretary Clinton, for president is also linked.
As America Sleeps, Donald Trump Seethes on Twitter
"The tweets started around 3:20 a.m. on Friday. Inside Trump Tower, a restless figure stirred in the predawn darkness, nursing his grievances and grabbing a device that often lands him in hot water.
On his Android phone, Donald J. Trump began to tap out bursts of digital fury: He mocked Alicia Machado, a former Miss Universe and a popular Latin American actress, as a 'con,' the 'worst' and 'disgusting.'
In a final flourish, before the sun came up, the Republican presidential nominee claimed — without offering any evidence — that she had appeared in a 'sex tape.'
The tirade fit a pattern. It is when Mr. Trump is alone with his thoughts, and untethered from his campaign staff, that he has seemed to commit his most self-destructive acts."
Article...http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/01/us/politics/donald-trump-alicia-machado.html?action=click&contentCollection=Politics&module=RelatedCoverage®ion=EndOfArticle&pgtype=article
Editorial...http://takingnote.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/09/30/what-the-alicia-machado-story-reveals-about-donald-trump/?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=opinion-c-col-left-region®ion=opinion-c-col-left-region&WT.nav=opinion-c-col-left-region
As America Sleeps, Donald Trump Seethes on Twitter
"The tweets started around 3:20 a.m. on Friday. Inside Trump Tower, a restless figure stirred in the predawn darkness, nursing his grievances and grabbing a device that often lands him in hot water.
On his Android phone, Donald J. Trump began to tap out bursts of digital fury: He mocked Alicia Machado, a former Miss Universe and a popular Latin American actress, as a 'con,' the 'worst' and 'disgusting.'
In a final flourish, before the sun came up, the Republican presidential nominee claimed — without offering any evidence — that she had appeared in a 'sex tape.'
The tirade fit a pattern. It is when Mr. Trump is alone with his thoughts, and untethered from his campaign staff, that he has seemed to commit his most self-destructive acts."
Article...http://www.nytimes.com/2016/10/01/us/politics/donald-trump-alicia-machado.html?action=click&contentCollection=Politics&module=RelatedCoverage®ion=EndOfArticle&pgtype=article
Editorial...http://takingnote.blogs.nytimes.com/2016/09/30/what-the-alicia-machado-story-reveals-about-donald-trump/?action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=opinion-c-col-left-region®ion=opinion-c-col-left-region&WT.nav=opinion-c-col-left-region