Trump's attacks on Alicia Machado are just like his attacks on the Khans were. They are a perfect distillation of his depravity. His treatment of them shows us exactly who and what he is--which is a person unfit for society, much less for the office of the presidency.
Look at what happens when regular, American citizens dare to point out that he has behaved badly, which is all Machado or the Khans did. He doubles down, won't apologize or admit error, levels ludicrous excuses for attacking them, starts to savage them, and then goes increasingly berserk in his compulsion to destroy them. This need need to inflict damage on others for daring to criticize him is twisted. If this is what he does to ordinary citizens for speaking their minds, trying to warn the public about his character, what do you think he will do to ordinary citizens, or journalists, who dare to voice criticism when he holds the most powerful office in the world?
Democracy requires, at a minimum, the ability and willingness to tolerate different views, including criticism. It is messy, annoying, painful, often maddening, and necessary for a free state. Authoritarian states require compliance and subservience. Trump has had the latter his whole life and compliance and lack of criticism are what he wants. His contempt for democracy oozes from his very pores.
This is an absolutely grotesque human being. The spectacle of his cruelty and unhinged self-love are nauseating. Picture them in power. Know fear. Know shame. And get the hell out and help defeat him.
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