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| 'Schlonged is not vulgar': Donald Trump stands by offensive claim about Hillary Clinton's 2008 bid for presidency | 'Schlonged is not vulgar': Donald Trump stands by offensive claim about Hillary Clinton's 2008 bid for presidency |
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| Donald Trump has defended by his assertion that Hillary Clinton was “schlonged” to the presidency by Barack Obama in 2008, saying he does not believe the term to be vulgar. | |
| The controversial Republican presidential frontrunner was widely criticised after he used the word – Yiddish slang for male genitalia – to describe his perceived inadequacy of Mrs Clinton, the Democratic frontrunner, at a rally in Michigan on Monday. | The controversial Republican presidential frontrunner was widely criticised after he used the word – Yiddish slang for male genitalia – to describe his perceived inadequacy of Mrs Clinton, the Democratic frontrunner, at a rally in Michigan on Monday. |
| He told the 6,000-strong crowd in Grand Rapids: “Even her race to Obama. She was going to beat Obama. I don’t know who’d be worse. I don’t know. How does it get worse? | He told the 6,000-strong crowd in Grand Rapids: “Even her race to Obama. She was going to beat Obama. I don’t know who’d be worse. I don’t know. How does it get worse? |
| “She was favoured to win and she got schlonged, she lost.” | “She was favoured to win and she got schlonged, she lost.” |
| But displaying, once again, his thick skin to criticism, the 69-year-old has since argued about the word’s definition on Twitter and stood by his employment of it. | |
| He wrote: “Schlonged is not vulgar. When I said that Hillary Clinton got schlonged by Obama it meant beaten badly. | He wrote: “Schlonged is not vulgar. When I said that Hillary Clinton got schlonged by Obama it meant beaten badly. |
| “The media knows this. Often used word in politics! | “The media knows this. Often used word in politics! |
| “It is a shame that the biased media is able to so incorrectly define a word for the public when they know that the definition is wrong. Sad!” | “It is a shame that the biased media is able to so incorrectly define a word for the public when they know that the definition is wrong. Sad!” |
| He added: “We need a president with strength, stamina, heart and incredible deal making skill if our country is ever going to be able to prosper again!” | He added: “We need a president with strength, stamina, heart and incredible deal making skill if our country is ever going to be able to prosper again!” |
| "Some of the candidates, they went in and didn’t know the air conditioner didn’t work and sweated like dogs, and they didn’t know the room was too big because they didn’t have anybody there. How are they going to beat ISIS?" | "Some of the candidates, they went in and didn’t know the air conditioner didn’t work and sweated like dogs, and they didn’t know the room was too big because they didn’t have anybody there. How are they going to beat ISIS?" |
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| "I will build a great wall — and nobody builds walls better than me, believe me —and I’ll build them very inexpensively. I will build a great, great wall on our southern border, and I will make Mexico pay for that wall. Mark my words." | "I will build a great wall — and nobody builds walls better than me, believe me —and I’ll build them very inexpensively. I will build a great, great wall on our southern border, and I will make Mexico pay for that wall. Mark my words." |
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| "Free trade is terrible. Free trade can be wonderful if you have smart people. But we have stupid people." | "Free trade is terrible. Free trade can be wonderful if you have smart people. But we have stupid people." |
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| "When Mexico sends its people, they’re not sending their best. They’re sending people that have lots of problems. They’re bringing drugs. They’re bringing crime. They’re rapists." | "When Mexico sends its people, they’re not sending their best. They’re sending people that have lots of problems. They’re bringing drugs. They’re bringing crime. They’re rapists." |
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| "I just sold an apartment for $15 million to somebody from China. Am I supposed to dislike them?... I love China. The biggest bank in the world is from China. You know where their United States headquarters is located? In this building, in Trump Tower." | "I just sold an apartment for $15 million to somebody from China. Am I supposed to dislike them?... I love China. The biggest bank in the world is from China. You know where their United States headquarters is located? In this building, in Trump Tower." |
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| "If you're interested in 'balancing' work and pleasure, stop trying to balance them. Instead make your work more pleasurable." | "If you're interested in 'balancing' work and pleasure, stop trying to balance them. Instead make your work more pleasurable." |
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| "What separates the winners from the losers is how a person reacts to each new twist of fate." | "What separates the winners from the losers is how a person reacts to each new twist of fate." |
| "Everything in life is luck." | "Everything in life is luck." |
| AFP | AFP |
| "You have to think anyway, so why not think big?" | "You have to think anyway, so why not think big?" |
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| "Bush is totally in favour of Common Core. I don't see how he can possibly get the nomination. He's weak on immigration. He's in favour of Common Core. How the hell can you vote for this guy? You just can't do it." | "Bush is totally in favour of Common Core. I don't see how he can possibly get the nomination. He's weak on immigration. He's in favour of Common Core. How the hell can you vote for this guy? You just can't do it." |
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| "You have to be hit by a tractor, literally, a tractor, to use it, because the deductibles are so high. It's virtually useless. And remember the $5 billion web site?... I have so many web sites, I have them all over the place. I hire people, they do a web site. It costs me $3." | "You have to be hit by a tractor, literally, a tractor, to use it, because the deductibles are so high. It's virtually useless. And remember the $5 billion web site?... I have so many web sites, I have them all over the place. I hire people, they do a web site. It costs me $3." |
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| "Obama is going to be out playing golf. He might be on one of my courses. I would invite him. I have the best courses in the world. I have one right next to the White House." | "Obama is going to be out playing golf. He might be on one of my courses. I would invite him. I have the best courses in the world. I have one right next to the White House." |
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| "Love him or hate him, Trump is a man who is certain about what he wants and sets out to get it, no holds barred. Women find his power almost as much of a turn-on as his money." | "Love him or hate him, Trump is a man who is certain about what he wants and sets out to get it, no holds barred. Women find his power almost as much of a turn-on as his money." |
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| "The American Dream is dead. But if I get elected president I will bring it back bigger and better and stronger than ever before and we will make America great again." | "The American Dream is dead. But if I get elected president I will bring it back bigger and better and stronger than ever before and we will make America great again." |
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| At the same rally in Michigan, the billionaire businessman also mocked Mrs Clinton for taking a brief toilet break at a Democratic debate she had attended at the weekend. | At the same rally in Michigan, the billionaire businessman also mocked Mrs Clinton for taking a brief toilet break at a Democratic debate she had attended at the weekend. |
| He said: “I know where she went. It’s disgusting. I don’t want to talk about it.” | He said: “I know where she went. It’s disgusting. I don’t want to talk about it.” |
| In an interview with The Des Moines Register earlier this week, Mrs Clinton said of Mr Trump: “Nothing really surprises me anymore. | In an interview with The Des Moines Register earlier this week, Mrs Clinton said of Mr Trump: “Nothing really surprises me anymore. |
| “I don’t know that he has any boundaries at all. | “I don’t know that he has any boundaries at all. |
| “His bigotry, his bluster, his bullying have become his campaign. And he has to keep sort of upping the stakes and going even further.” | “His bigotry, his bluster, his bullying have become his campaign. And he has to keep sort of upping the stakes and going even further.” |
| Although she has not commented on her rival’s claims about her 2008 presidential bid, she made a veiled reference to Mr Trump when a student asked her about combatting bullying in Iowa during the week. | Although she has not commented on her rival’s claims about her 2008 presidential bid, she made a veiled reference to Mr Trump when a student asked her about combatting bullying in Iowa during the week. |
| Advocating more “love and kindness”, she said: “That’s why it’s important to stand up to bullies wherever we are and why we shouldn’t let anybody bully his way into the presidency. Because that is not who we are as Americans.” | Advocating more “love and kindness”, she said: “That’s why it’s important to stand up to bullies wherever we are and why we shouldn’t let anybody bully his way into the presidency. Because that is not who we are as Americans.” |