Tweeting in Spanish following the debate, Alicia Machado thanked Hillary for respecting women

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2. "Understanding" doesn't even come into the equation for Trump.

But Trump couldn’t help himself. Much like when he kept attacking the family of a fallen Muslim-American soldier who criticized him at the Democratic National Convention, Trump couldn’t help trying to reassert his dominance after being publicly called out for saying something shameful. And he just didn’t seem to understand how cruel and offensive his comments would sound to most people.

It's all about smoothing over his vile comments and convincing people he wasn't wrong, in other words, he was perfectly justified in his behavior. Just as he did in the debate last night saying that Rosie "deserved it." That was supposed to make it ok. He never has a thought about his personality.