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riversedge

(70,204 posts)
Tue Sep 27, 2016, 01:45 PM Sep 2016

Obese and out of shape himself #DonaldTrump is delusional! Mocking a beautiful woman.





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Obese and out of shape himself #DonaldTrump is delusional! Mocking a beautiful woman. #NeverTrump #pig #unfit4POTUS



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Alicia Machado was only 18 years old when @realDonaldTrump publicly ridiculed and body-shamed her.




Shamed and Angry: The Beauty Contestant Donald Trump Mocked for Her Weight


By MICHAEL BARBARO and MEGAN TWOHEYSEPT. 27, 2016






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Alicia Machado, who won the Miss Universe pageant in 1996, was photographed in May of this year in Los Angeles. Credit Emily Berl for The New York Times

For 20 years, Alicia Machado has lived with the agony of what Donald J. Trump did to her after she won the Miss Universe title: shame her, over and over, for gaining weight.

Private scolding was apparently insufficient. Mr. Trump, at the time an executive producer of the pageant, insisted on accompanying Ms. Machado, then a teenager, to a gym, where dozens of reporters and cameramen watched as she exercised.

Mr. Trump, in his trademark suit and tie, posed for photographs beside her as she burned calories in front of the news media. “This is somebody who likes to eat,” Mr. Trump said from inside the gym.

On Monday night, Hillary Clinton turned Ms. Machado’s pain into a potent political weapon on the biggest possible stage........................


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Obese and out of shape himself #DonaldTrump is delusional! Mocking a beautiful woman. (Original Post) riversedge Sep 2016 OP
Good point / nt Sunny05 Sep 2016 #1
He's as full of shit as he is of carbohydrates Rocknrule Sep 2016 #2
Trump gets away with saying it because he's a rich and privileged white male. Avalux Sep 2016 #3
As the mother of a young girl izzybella Sep 2016 #4
I totally agree! Blue_Roses Sep 2016 #30
I think Trump is the top lb hacker. Thinkingabout Sep 2016 #5
Trump = #283 sarcasmo Sep 2016 #6
283--pounds? or kilos? meow2u3 Sep 2016 #23
When this incident came up during the debate... Cracklin Charlie Sep 2016 #7
Yeah, it blew him away. Frank Cannon Sep 2016 #8
Was she a secret? Cracklin Charlie Sep 2016 #9
She didn't mean enough for him to know or care. Frank Cannon Sep 2016 #10
What made him think she wouldn't come forward? Cracklin Charlie Sep 2016 #11
He doesn't care. She's just a stupid woman. Frank Cannon Sep 2016 #19
This one is different, Frank. Cracklin Charlie Sep 2016 #29
The HRC ad and print interview are online. Hopefully someone will put the link up for you. Hekate Sep 2016 #21
I think the issue is that Trump did no preparation mythology Sep 2016 #12
Roger Ailes & Donald Trump - cruel obese men who harass women. What a pair. AnotherMother4Peace Sep 2016 #13
Sounds like sour grapes to me. RaymondLuxuryYacht Sep 2016 #14
Bingo! FuzzyRabbit Sep 2016 #15
That's my thought. Many males I've encountered, while drinking at a bar, and in general 4lbs Sep 2016 #16
Think about the typical women in Trump's world LynneSin Sep 2016 #17
trump is a fat pig AND i didn't mean it as sleaze ..... artists renditions of Donald !!!!!!!!!!!!!! trueblue2007 Sep 2016 #18
You are going to get in such trouble for posting this. Frank Cannon Sep 2016 #20
You can alert if you are that offended. And then a jury can decide this is educational material... Hekate Sep 2016 #22
i didn't mean it as sleaze ..... artists renditions of Donald !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! trueblue2007 Sep 2016 #24
No problem with me. I don't care. Frank Cannon Sep 2016 #25
Oh, ew, lol. catbyte Sep 2016 #28
It's not the lard on your tummy or hips HassleCat Sep 2016 #26
What a clod . catbyte Sep 2016 #27

Avalux

(35,015 posts)
3. Trump gets away with saying it because he's a rich and privileged white male.
Tue Sep 27, 2016, 01:51 PM
Sep 2016

Happy to say - he and his ilk are drawing their last gasp. He won't win.

izzybella

(236 posts)
4. As the mother of a young girl
Tue Sep 27, 2016, 02:02 PM
Sep 2016

This breaks my heart. I can feel Ms. Machado's pain and embarrassment.

I don't know how anyone with a daughter could ever support Trump's disgusting behavior.

Cracklin Charlie

(12,904 posts)
7. When this incident came up during the debate...
Tue Sep 27, 2016, 02:23 PM
Sep 2016

Assface seemed to be very agitated by it. He says "Where'd you get that?"

Seemed very odd. Like Ms Clinton had uncovered something well-hidden.

Did anyone else think that was strange?

Frank Cannon

(7,570 posts)
8. Yeah, it blew him away.
Tue Sep 27, 2016, 02:36 PM
Sep 2016

It was almost like he couldn't remember this latest outrage. It must be hard when you make everyone mad every single day.

Frank Cannon

(7,570 posts)
10. She didn't mean enough for him to know or care.
Tue Sep 27, 2016, 02:53 PM
Sep 2016

She was "Miss Universe ", in his own pageant, and he treated her like dog shit. I think that's the take-home message. I don't know if he hates women or just disrespects them, but I'm glad this information is coming out.

Frank Cannon

(7,570 posts)
19. He doesn't care. She's just a stupid woman.
Tue Sep 27, 2016, 05:58 PM
Sep 2016

That's how he feels about all women. That's how he feels about his opponent. He absolutely cannot fathom how a woman could be destroying him in his run for the Presidency right now.

He's an obvious misogynist and a serial, unapologetic philanderer. He is a disgusting relic of a pseudo-Playboy-1950s era that I'm not sure ever really existed.

Cracklin Charlie

(12,904 posts)
29. This one is different, Frank.
Tue Sep 27, 2016, 07:41 PM
Sep 2016

I think the into introduction of Alicia stunned him.

And I think I may have figured out what is is...she has a name. She's not just some every woman "fat pig" type.

She's beautiful, Hispanic, and a winner! She won that pageant.

And, he treated her "deplorably". Yes, he did. Donald has behaved very badly, indeed.

Hekate

(90,674 posts)
21. The HRC ad and print interview are online. Hopefully someone will put the link up for you.
Tue Sep 27, 2016, 06:20 PM
Sep 2016

It's kind of heartbreaking -- she was a breathtakingly beautiful young woman, and she was only 18 years old. She started to gain some weight, and he called her Miss Piggy and Miss Housekeeping, the latter because she is Latina. He continuously shamed her privately, then made it very public. She says it set her on a 5 year course of anorexia and bulimia.

There's more, but that's the essence.

As my husband said, Trump is a swine.

 

mythology

(9,527 posts)
12. I think the issue is that Trump did no preparation
Tue Sep 27, 2016, 03:50 PM
Sep 2016

Clinton did hers so she both didn't get caught off guard, she was able to attack him from a variety of angles.

14. Sounds like sour grapes to me.
Tue Sep 27, 2016, 04:26 PM
Sep 2016

Since 2/3 of his wives were imported, his anger may have emerged from her rebuffing his crass advances.

4lbs

(6,855 posts)
16. That's my thought. Many males I've encountered, while drinking at a bar, and in general
Tue Sep 27, 2016, 04:43 PM
Sep 2016

events, often get a little (or a lot) drunk and try to hit on a woman or two.

When rebuffed, the usual "lesbian!" or "bitch!" statement comes out as the lady walks away.

Because, you know, the woman can't simply be not interested in your drunk ass, there has to be something physically or mentally wrong with her, because you know, you are Rudolph Valentino and Gawd's gift to women.

LynneSin

(95,337 posts)
17. Think about the typical women in Trump's world
Tue Sep 27, 2016, 04:48 PM
Sep 2016

These are women that value beauty above everything else - to the point of starvation and costly surgeries to obtain those goals. And many of these women will put up with ugly men as long as they are men that value money above all else and ensure these women are kept in a certain lifestyle.

You have to ask yourself this - would Trump land women like Ivana, Marla or Melenia if he was just your average joe working 9-5 making middle wage income (he would look exactly the same btw).

And would Trump marry a woman if that woman valued what she could contribute to the world over her appearance?

trueblue2007

(17,217 posts)
18. trump is a fat pig AND i didn't mean it as sleaze ..... artists renditions of Donald !!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Tue Sep 27, 2016, 04:49 PM
Sep 2016

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Art but i bet it's true. he is JUST THIS FAT. i didn't mean it as sleaze ..... artists renditions of Donald !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



http://www.dailydot.com/unclick/naked-donald-trump-statues-indecline/
Naked Donald Trump statues are being erected in cities across America





and this painting has received lots of attention. Trump people even physically attacked the lady and beat her around the face.
She is an outspoken young woman. i think she's talented.




Artist Imagines What Donald Trump Looks Like Naked And It Ain’t Pretty (NSFW)
Make America put on Trump’s clothes right now, please. Now.
02/11/2016 12:14 pm ET | Updated Feb 11, 2016

ARTICLE HERE http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/artist-imagines-what-donald-trump-looks-like-naked-and-it-aint-pretty-nsfw_us_56bcb7bde4b08ffac124222e





http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/artist-imagines-what-donald-trump-looks-like-naked-and-it-aint-pretty-nsfw_us_56bcb7bde4b08ffac124222e

Frank Cannon

(7,570 posts)
20. You are going to get in such trouble for posting this.
Tue Sep 27, 2016, 06:11 PM
Sep 2016

But, then, maybe not. It appears that DUers are very selective in their censorship.

Hekate

(90,674 posts)
22. You can alert if you are that offended. And then a jury can decide this is educational material...
Tue Sep 27, 2016, 06:22 PM
Sep 2016

...with socially redeeming value.

Or something.

Frank Cannon

(7,570 posts)
25. No problem with me. I don't care.
Tue Sep 27, 2016, 07:27 PM
Sep 2016

I put up a post this weekend satirizing the upcoming debates that also included some sexual language. It seemed like half of DU came unglued. It was alerted on, but it passed anyway.

Well, here, take a look. You tell me if it's so bad:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/12512437717

I guess you just have to know people around here.

 

HassleCat

(6,409 posts)
26. It's not the lard on your tummy or hips
Tue Sep 27, 2016, 07:33 PM
Sep 2016

But when your brain has been replaced with it, (Crisco for you vegetarians) it's a sign you shouldn't be running for president.

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