NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump says it was a “real problem” when the 1996 Miss Universe gained significant weight after winning the pageant he then owned.
The Republican presidential nominee was responding to Democrat Hillary Clinton’s reference in their first debate to Alicia Machado’s claim that Trump called her “Miss Piggy” when she gained weight. In the debate, Trump repeatedly challenged Clinton over where she had heard that, then dismissed Clinton’s comment that Machado would vote for her with “OK, good.”
Trump told “Fox and Friends” today that Machado was “the worst we ever had.”
Trump said, “She gained a massive amount of weight. It was a real problem. We had a real problem.”
Clinton also said Monday night that Trump referred to the Venezuela-born Machado as “Miss Housekeeping.”
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