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(9,808 posts)In 2008, DJT was a lukewarm Clinton supporter, who eventually got his contributions returned to him. (That's an FEC filing; no indication if the Clinton campaign returned the money voluntarily or if it was a requested refund. Doesn't actually matter, but my bet is on the latter.) Ted Cruz made mention of this.
In 2009, he started the birther nonsense, which led to the 2011 White House Correspondents' Dinner and President Obama's roast. The footage from that shows a furious, humiliated, insulted DJT, because all of those people whose approval he wants were laughing at him.
Then... 2013, and the alleged incident.
For people not intimately acquainted with NPD or narcissism, this sounds like it's totally ludicrous and out of scale, not something a reasonable person would hold onto. But within the narcissists' mindsets, this is just how they roll. They nurse grudges, they commit symbolic acts of revenge, and they are deeply vindictive.