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Sohn: Why are we talking about fat women?

Former Miss Universe Alicia Machado speaks June 15 during a news conference at a Latino restaurant in Arlington, Va., to criticize Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump. Machado became a topic of conversation during the first presidential debate between Trump and Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton on Sept. 27, 2016. (AP Photo/Luis Alonso Lugo, File)
Former Miss Universe Alicia Machado speaks June 15 during a news conference at a Latino restaurant in Arlington, Va., to criticize Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump. Machado became a topic of conversation during the first presidential debate between Trump and Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton on Sept. 27, 2016. (AP Photo/Luis Alonso Lugo, File) Former Miss Universe Alicia Machado speaks June 15 during a news conference at a Latino restaurant in Arlington, Va., to criticize Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump. Machado became a topic of conversation during the first presidential debate between Trump and Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton on Sept. 27, 2016. (AP Photo/Luis Alonso Lugo, File)

No doubt, most Americans are wondering why the presidential nominee of the Grand Old Party is talking about fat women [and tweeting in the middle of the night about a former Miss Universe that he called Miss Piggy and Miss Housekeeping] instead of talking and tweeting about how to improve our lives.

The two-fold answer is actually quite simple.

First, he doesn’t know how even to make an outline of how to improve our lives, let alone make an already great America greater.

But second, and most importantly, he is incapable of thinking of anyone but himself, so once again he is frantically trying to divert America’s attention from yet more evidence of what a dismal businessman, atrocious debater and colossal con man he actually is.

Each day it becomes more clear that in Donaldworld, the lines among business, politics and ethics are blurred.