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Trump Takes Swing at Clinton With Mock Golf Ball Video

by Associated Press

   WASHINGTON --

   President Donald Trump took another swing at Hillary Clinton in the
   latest sign that his campaign fury hasn't faded, retweeting a mock
   video that shows him smacking a golf ball that - in the next frame -
   seemingly strikes her in the back before she stumbles and falls down
   while boarding a plane.
   Trump retweeted the brief video on his official Twitter account early
   Sunday, which appears to be a doctored version of news footage from
   2011 that shows the then-secretary of state falling after climbing the
   airplane stairs. The re-edited video appears to have superimposed
   images of a golf ball that is shown hitting Clinton.
   The tweet says: "Donald Trump's amazing golf swing #CrookedHillary."
   A Clinton spokesman declined comment. The White House issued no
   immediate comment, and Trump aides have said in the past that his
   tweets "speak for themselves." The assessment from Rep. Adam Schiff, a
   California Democrat: "juvenile."
   Back in July, Trump vented his rage against the media by posting
   someone else's doctored anti-CNN video that showed Trump pummeling a
   man in a business suit - the man's face obscured by the CNN logo -
   outside a wrestling ring.

   Trump has stepped up his criticism of Clinton since the Democratic
   presidential nominee re-emerged in the spotlight to promote her new
   book about the 2016 campaign. She is unsparing in her assessment of
   Trump, calling him "a clear and present danger to the country and the
   world."
   Trump often cites his electoral vote victory as evidence of campaign
   prowess and popularity with Americans. He is quick to challenge or
   criticize anyone or anything that might undercut that premise. Trump
   has established a commission to investigate his unsubstantiated claims
   that millions of people voted illegally in 2016, when Clinton won the
   popular vote by nearly 2.9 million votes.
   "It is distressing though to have a president that, frankly, will tweet
   and retweet things as juvenile as that," Schiff said on ABC's "This
   Week" Sunday. "It doesn't help, I think, in terms of his stature. It
   doesn't help in terms of the stature of our whole country."
   Clinton's book assigns blame for her presidential loss on several
   factors, including interference from Russian hackers, accusations
   leveled at her by former FBI Director James Comey and even her gender.
   The White House has criticized the book, with spokeswoman Sarah
   Huckabee Sanders calling it "sad" that the last chapter of Clinton's
   public life will be defined by selling books with "false and reckless
   attacks."
   In a pair of tweets last week, Trump took direct aim at Clinton.
   "Crooked Hillary Clinton blames everybody (and every thing) but herself
   for her election loss. She lost the debates and lost her direction!"
   Trump wrote.
   Referring to Clinton's past description of some Trump supporters, he
   later tweeted: "The 'deplorables' came back to haunt Hillary. They
   expressed their feelings loud and clear. She spent big money but, in
   the end, had no game!"