Trump: Clinton was 'duped and used' by Alicia Machado

Donald Trump fired off a series of tweets Friday morning accusing his Democratic opponent of securing citizenship for Alicia Machado, the former Miss Universe winner at the center of a campaign controversy, in order to use her as an attack line at the first presidential debate.

Trump has weathered criticism this week over 20-year-old comments he made about Machado’s weight gain after her 1996 victory in the international beauty pageant Trump then owned. Hillary Clinton blindsided the billionaire on Monday by recounting his insults during the debate, telling Trump that Machado had recently become a U.S. citizen and planned to vote in November.