by nolan d. mccaskill 10/04/16 10:21 am edt what a time to be awake. eric trump on tuesday defended his father<u+2019>s wee-hour twitter spree, telling fox news that it<u+2019>s <u+201c>great<u+201d> that republican presidential nominee donald trump was up at 3 a.m. but also admitting <u+201c>that energy is sometimes a little bit of a downfall of his.<u+201d> story continued below <u+201c>listen, at least my father<u+2019>s up at 3 o<u+2019>clock in the morning, right? which, you know, is great,<u+201d> trump said. <u+201c>maybe that energy is sometimes a little bit of a downfall of his, but he<u+2019>s an amazing guy and he<u+2019>ll be there to answer the call, you know, when things go bad. and, you know, i think people appreciate that.<u+201d> hillary clinton pilloried her republican rival for his friday morning tweetstorm with a retaliatory twitter tirade of her own. <u+201c>what kind of a man stays up all night to smear a woman with lies and conspiracy theories?<u+201d> clinton asked at one point. clinton<u+2019>s campaign also trolled the real estate mogul the following day by tweeting from her account at 3:20 a.m., the same time trump began tweeting friday. eric trump, however, framed his father as a tireless worker who will work to make america great again. <u+201c>the one thing i<u+2019>ll say about my father is he works harder than any human being alive,<u+201d> he said. <u+201c>he is a worker. he has worked tirelessly on this campaign, he has worked tirelessly his entire career and he<u+2019>ll work tirelessly for america.<u+201d> by michael grunwald by bill scher by thomas wright by joshua zeitz
eric trump on father<u+2019>s 3 a.m. tweetstorm: <u+2018>maybe that energy is sometimes a little bit of a downfall<u+2019> - politico
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