When Donald Trump gets in a hole, he just keeps digging. And digging. And digging.

[Zorro]

Look. Donald Trump wasn't particularly good in the first presidential debate on Monday night. He looked lost at times. He looked angry at times. He got beat.

But, he wasn't that bad. The people who were for him declared victory. Many establishment Republicans insisted to me he had driven the change-vs.-more-of-the-same argument that they believe to be his best message. If Trump had spent the rest of the week holed up in Trump Tower, things might not have been so bad — even with the debate loss.

He, um, didn't do that. Instead, starting Tuesday morning, Trump began an extended attack against former Miss Universe Alicia Machado, a woman Hillary Clinton had brought up in the debate to highlight Trump's past comments about her weight. "She gained a massive amount of weight, and it was a real problem," Trump told Fox News by means of explanation.

And he just kept going. And going. By the time most people got up on Thursday morning, Trump had unleashed a series of tweets about Machado and Clinton that, well, fell slightly short of presidential.

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[mrJJ]

1. "Give 'em enough rope...."

As the old saying goes "Give 'em enough rope...."

[The_Casual_Observer]

2. He's going to end up in China, and then what?

[mrJJ]

3. He's on the hook to the Chinese Bankers. Probably the Russians too..

According to the Times, a building on the Avenue of the Americas in New York City's Manhattan borough that is partially owned by Trump has a loan of $950 million that was paid for by a few different entities, including the Bank of China and Goldman Sachs.

[GreenPartyVoter]

4. He'll put a stop to their global warming hoax?

[murielm99]

7. Gyhana...

It is pronounced GHY-nah.

[regnaD kciN]

5. The only question…

…why t f aren't we winning by double digits?

[Bernardo de La Paz]

6. Donald J tRump doesn't like light shone on him, so he is digging to get away from it. . . nt

[BlueMTexpat]

8. "'... slightly' less short

of presidential." ????

Still grading Trump on the curve ...

It was unpresidential to the nth degree ... and that was the kindest thing that could be said. So SAY it!