Trump mocks Vanity Fair for apologizing to Hillary Clinton, slams Anna Wintour

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President Trump attacked Vanity Fair for apologizing after they released a video suggesting Hillary Clinton to take up knitting in 2018. Veuer's Sam Berman has the full story. Buzz60

President Trump seized the opportunity Thursday to attack two of his favorite targets: The media and Hillary Clinton.

In a morning tweet, Trump mocked Vanity Fair magazine for apologizing to Clinton over a satiric video suggesting ways the defeated 2016 Democratic presidential candidate could spend her now-free time.

"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," Trump said.

Oddly, the president then took a swipe at Anna Wintour – though she is editor-in-chief of Vogue, not Vanity Fair. (Wintour is also artistic director of Conde Nast, which publishes both Vogue and Vanity Fair.) 

Claiming she had hoped to be ambassador to the United Kingdom, Trump said: "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!" 

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In its video entitled “Six New Year’s Resolutions for Hillary Clinton,” Vanity Fair suggested Clinton take up "a new hobby in the new year: volunteer work, knitting, improv comedy – literally anything that will keep you from running again. 

After numerous complaints, Vanity Fair issued a statement apologizing for the video: “It was an attempt at humor and we regret that it missed the mark."