Trump lashes out at Vanity Fair after it apologizes for mocking Clinton

US President Donald Trump lashed out at US magazine Vanity Fair after the publication said that an online video it published, mocking Hillary Clinton, “missed the mark.”

On Twitter on Thursday, Trump said the magazine was “bending over backwards in apologizing for the minor hit.”

Vanity Fair, which looks like it is on its last legs, is bending over backwards in apologizing for the minor hit they took at Crooked H. Anna Wintour, who was all set to be Amb to Court of St James’s & a big fundraiser for CH, is beside herself in grief & begging for forgiveness!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) December 28, 2017

The video — posted over the weekend — showed editors of Vanity Fair’s Hive website offering toasts and New Year’s resolutions for Clinton, including that she take up knitting, volunteer work, or any hobby that would keep her from running again for president.

The backlash was swift. Among those to respond was actress Patricia Arquette, who tweeted her own proposal — stop telling women what they should or can do.

https://twitter.com/PattyArquette/status/945812980939161600

Dictionary.com tweeted: “The word for telling a woman with a law degree from Yale to take up knitting is… sexist.”

The word for telling a woman with a law degree from Yale to take up knitting is … https://t.co/Lguqic3f9o#VanityFair #HillaryClinton https://t.co/kOf2qP4xDy

— Dictionary.com (@Dictionarycom) December 27, 2017

In a statement Wednesday, the magazine said the video was an attempt at humor that regrettably “missed the mark.”

Trump added that Anna Wintour “is beside herself in grief & begging for forgiveness!”

Wintour is the editor-in-chief of Vogue, not Vanity Fair. She is, however, also the artistic director of parent company Conde Nast, which publishes both titles.