Clinton staffers savagely troll Trump from inside Trump Tower

Two Hillary Clinton campaign staffers visited Trump Tower to investigate where, exactly, his products were made.
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Hillary Clinton has burned Donald Trump with stern words and with humor, but on Friday her campaign took its audaciousness to a whole new level by waltzing right into the heart of enemy territory: Trump Tower.

Filming in and around the Tower, Clinton campaign staffers Jess McIntosh and Zac Petkanas investigated the manufacturing locations for Trump's clothing line, revealing that the items were made at a range of locations outside of the U.S., from South America to Africa to Asia.

To add insult to injury, the pair then stood on the sidewalk outside Trump Tower to ask passersby where they thought the Trump-branded clothing had been made:

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"Turns out Donald Trump only wants to make America great again if he can't make it cheaper elsewhere," McIntonish burns at the end. Ouch.

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Jeva Lange was the executive editor at TheWeek.com. She formerly served as The Week's deputy editor and culture critic. She is also a contributor to Screen Slate, and her writing has appeared in The New York Daily News, The Awl, Vice, and Gothamist, among other publications. Jeva lives in New York City. Follow her on Twitter.