--- description: Alicia Machado and Hillary Clinton both blasted Donald Trump on social media for his treatment of the former Miss Universe winner. title: Alicia Machado And Hillary Clinton Fire Back At Donald Trump image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf5cd9b9536cea2ca/6988a82d524fc0df52df9ace/machado-trump.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Politics](/section/politics/) ## Politics Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Donald Trump](/tag/donald-trump/) ## Donald Trump Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Alicia Machado and Hillary Clinton Fire Back at Donald Trump  by [Tessa Berenson](/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 30, 2016 3:54 PM CUT  Getty Images (2)  by [Tessa Berenson](/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Sep 30, 2016 3:54 PM CUT > [](https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton/status/781869125903773696) Former Miss Universe Alicia Machado called Donald Trump’s remarks about her “slander and lies,” while Hillary Clinton said they were “unhinged” and proof he would be “dangerous” as president. Early Friday morning, the Republican presidential nominee [fired off a series of tweets](http://time.com/4514358/donald-trump-alicia-machado-feud/ "undefined") saying Machado was “disgusting” and a “con” and alleging that she had a “sex tape” and checkered past. Machado responded with [a photo on Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/p/BK-7u7Oj3L0/ "undefined") mid-morning of her wrapped in an American flag, accompanied by a long caption responding to Trump. She wrote, in Spanish: --- > “” --- Meantime, Clinton took to Twitter Friday to criticize Trump’s treatment of Machado, questioning his character and temperament. > [](https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton/status/781869125903773696) > [](https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton/status/781869512983515136) > [](https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton/status/781870635324694528) > [](https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton/status/781871605198774272) Clinton will speak more about Trump’s feud with Machado at a rally later Friday afternoon. **Read More:** [_Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump, Miss Universe and the Politics of Weight_](http://time.com/4512798/double-standards-available-in-his-and-hers/?xid=homepage "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4514684/alicia-machado-donald-trump-hilary-clinton/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4514684/alicia-machado-donald-trump-hilary-clinton/"},"headline":"Alicia Machado and Hillary Clinton Fire Back at Donald Trump","datePublished":"2016-09-30T15:54:17.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-23T00:56:44.532Z","description":"\"This is...unhinged, even for Trump\"","url":"https://time.com/4514684/alicia-machado-donald-trump-hilary-clinton/","keywords":["Donald Trump","2016 Election topic"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf5cd9b9536cea2ca/6988a82d524fc0df52df9ace/machado-trump.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Tessa Berenson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf5cd9b9536cea2ca/6988a82d524fc0df52df9ace/machado-trump.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"machado-trump","caption":"Donald Trump and Alicia Machado","creditText":"Getty Images (2)","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/donald-trump/","name":"Donald Trump"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4514684/alicia-machado-donald-trump-hilary-clinton/","name":"Alicia Machado and Hillary Clinton Fire Back at Donald Trump"}}]}] ```