U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday retweeted a doctored video of himself taking a golf swing and hitting former Democratic presidential rival Hillary Clinton, who then stumbles as she boards a plane.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President Donald Trump on Sunday retweeted a doctored video of himself taking a golf swing and hitting former Democratic presidential rival Hillary Clinton, who then stumbles as she boards a plane.
Clinton had been back on the Republican president&rsquo-s Twitter feed in recent days as she promoted &ldquo-What Happened,&rdquo- her new book about the 2016 presidential election, with Trump resuming his campaign attack of &ldquo-Crooked Hillary.&rdquo-
The video, retweeted by several users, shows Trump on a golf course hitting a ball before segueing to the doctored shot of a golf ball hitting then-Secretary of State Clinton in the back as she is boarding a plane. The original video of Clinton, from 2011, does not show a golf ball.
&ldquo-Donald Trump&rsquo-s amazing golf swing #CrookedHillary,&rdquo- the tweet read.
Trump attacked Clinton directly last Wednesday in a pair of Twitter posts.
&ldquo-Crooked Hillary Clinton blames everybody (and every thing) but herself for her election loss,&rdquo- he said. &ldquo-She lost the debates and lost her direction! The &lsquo-deplorables&rsquo- came back to haunt Hillary. They expressed their feelings loud and clear. She spent big money but, in the end, had no game!&rdquo-
White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders said later that day that Clinton was pushing &ldquo-false narratives&rdquo- in the book. Clinton admits mistakes during the campaign in the book but gives a harsh account of factors she believes led to Trump&rsquo-s victory, including alleged interference by Russia on his behalf and former FBI Director James Comey announcement that investigators were looking at a new trove of emails related to Clinton.
Clinton, who has been giving a series of interviews promoting the book, responded to Trump&rsquo-s earlier criticism on Twitter with a suggestion that he read her earlier book, &ldquo-It Takes a Village,&rdquo- a picture book for children.
A senior Democrat, U.S. Representative Adam Schiff, said the retweet did not make him question Trump&rsquo-s recent outreach to Democrats but was disturbing.
&ldquo-It is distressing, though, to have a president that frankly will tweet and retweet things as juvenile as that,&rdquo- Schiff said on ABC&rsquo-s &ldquo-This Week&rdquo- program. &ldquo-It doesn&rsquo-t help, I think in terms of his stature, it doesn&rsquo-t help in terms of the stature of our whole country.&rdquo-
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