The remark prompted Melania’s spokeswoman to say that she watches “any channel she wants.”
The New York Times – Spotting CNN on a TV Aboard Air Force One, Trump Rages Against Reality
Newsweek – CNN troll Trump: ‘Thanks for watching, Melania!’
Roy Moore ran for a the Senate seat for Alabama in the 2018 midterms after it was revealed that that he pursued sexual interactions with teenagers, including a 14 year old, while in his 30s.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Majority Leader Paul Ryan both said they considered the claims credible. Moore lost the race for the Alabama Senate seat.
Politico – Trump supports Roy Moore
NPR – RNC Restores Financial Support For Roy Moore As Trump Gives Full Endorsement
Time – ‘We Need Roy Moore.’ President Trump Endorses Moore Despite Sexual Misconduct Allegations
During a 2004 interview with radio host Howard Stern, Stern referred to Ivanka as a “piece of ass,” asking if he could refer to her as such. Trump replied, “yeah…you’re the last person I would introduce her to.”
In another Stern interview, after being asked if Ivanka had gotten breast implants, Trump replied that “She’s actually always been very voluptuous.”
In both instances, Trump ultimately steered the conversation to Ivanka’s intelligence and performance at school. He also remarked during the interviews that “check out time” for relationships with women is when they turn 35, and bragged about having group sex.
During another Stern interview, Trump said,
You know who’s one of the great beauties of the world, according to everybody? And I helped create her. Ivanka. My daughter, Ivanka. She’s 6 feet tall, she’s got the best body. She made a lot money as a model—a tremendous amount.
In a later interview, Stern recounted of Trump, “He goes, ‘You know who’s a great beauty? My daughter Ivanka. Now she’s a 10.'”
Trump also said, “if Ivanka weren’t my daughter, perhaps I’d be dating her.” He made other questionable remarks about his other daughter, Tiffany.
Politico – Trump told Howard Stern it’s OK to call Ivanka a ‘piece of a–‘
The Hill – Trump told Howard Stern in 2004 it was OK to call Ivanka a ‘piece of ass’
The Hill – Howard Stern tells Letterman about the time Trump called Ivanka ‘a 10’
During the campaign, Trump tweeted a mocking photo of his wife alongside Ted Cruz’s, with the test “A picture is worth a thousand words.”
Trump defended himself three days later, and repeated his claim that no one has more respect for women than him.
USA Today – After insulting tweet, Cruz tells Trump: Leave my wife ‘the hell alone’
Ironically, the questions Trump was complaining about when he made the remark were about other insults towards women.
Trump later said that “only a deviant” would think he was referring to menstruation, and that “I cherish women.” However, due to past actions like insulting the appearance of Ted Cruz’s wife and GOP primary candidate Carly Fiorina, in addition to the infamous “grab them by the pussy” remark, when he later claimed “no one has more respect for women than I do,” he was met with laughter.
Time – Trump: Debate Moderator Had ‘Blood Coming Out of Her Wherever’
The Telegraph – Donald Trump: I cherish women and ‘only a deviant’ would think I was talking about Megyn Kelly’s period
A few minutes later, he interrupted Clinton to refer to her as “such a nasty woman.”
Trump also claimed no one has more respect for women then he does after he insulted Ted Cruz’s wife’s appearance. He similarly insulted GOP primary candidate Carly Fiorina.
Trump has also prompted laughter from the United Nations, though he attacked Obama by saying the US needed a President who wasn’t “a laughing stock.”
Alongside a Rolling Stone journalist, Trump commented on rival Carly Fiorina when she appeared on television. “Look at that face!” he exclaimed. “Would anyone vote for that? Can you imagine that, the face of our next president?”
The comment drew outrage, as Trump had previously made disparaging remarks about women.
Trump similarly insulted Ted Cruz’s wife. He also infamously commented about grabbing women “by the pussy,” and said that commentator Megyn Kelly had “blood coming out of her wherever” when she questioned him about yet other remarks about women.
USA Today – Donald Trump on Carly Fiorina: ‘Look at that face!’
The Hill – Trump mocks Fiorina’s physical appearance: ‘Look at that face!’
In the 1993 book Lost Tycoon: The Many Lives of Donald Trump, the author wrote about divorce depositions between Donald and his first wife Ivana in which she alleged that he raped her.
The Daily Beast summarized:
After a painful scalp reduction surgery to remove a bald spot, Donald Trump confronted his then-wife, who had previously used the same plastic surgeon.
” ‘Your f[******] doctor has ruined me!’ Trump cried.
“What followed was a ‘violent assault,’ according to Lost Tycoon. Donald held back Ivana’s arms and began to pull out fistfuls of hair from her scalp, as if to mirror the pain he felt from his own operation. He tore off her clothes and unzipped his pants.
” ‘Then he jams his penis inside her for the first time in more than sixteen months. Ivana is terrified… It is a violent assault,’ Hurt writes. ‘According to versions she repeats to some of her closest confidantes, ‘he raped me.’
“Following the incident, Ivana ran upstairs, hid behind a locked door, and remained there ‘crying for the rest of night.’ When she returned to the master bedroom in the morning, he was there.
“As she looks in horror at the ripped-out hair scattered all over the bed, he glares at her and asks with menacing casualness: ‘Does it hurt?’ Hurt writes.
While Trump’s lawyer, Michael Cohen, asserted that one can’t rape their spouse, Ivana has also walked back the allegations in subsequent years. She explained, “Mr. Trump and I had marital relations in which he behaved very differently toward me than he had during our marriage. As a woman, I felt violated, as the love and tenderness, which he normally exhibited towards me, was absent. I referred to this as a ‘rape,’ but I do not want my words to be interpreted in a literal or criminal sense.”
NPR – Here’s The List Of Women Who Accused Donald Trump Of Sexual Misconduct
The Daily Beast – Ex-Wife: Donald Trump Made Me Feel ‘Violated’ During Sex
ABC News – Donald Trump’s Ex-Wife Ivana Disavows Old ‘Rape’ Allegation
Trump made the comments about his then-24 year old daughter in a 2006 episode of The View. In interviews with Howard Stern, he also called her “voluptuous” and said she could be referred to as a “piece of ass.”
Independent – Donald Trump’s unsettling record of comments about his daughter Ivanka
Trump had cameos in three Playboy videos in 1994, 2000, and 2001. In one video, he interviews playmates and takes photos of clothed models. In another, he pours a bottle of champagne against a Playboy-branded limousine. In the third, he is shown at a Playboy fashion show.
Buzzfeed News – Donald Trump appeared in a 2000 Playboy Softcore porn
The Hill – Trump had cameo in softcore Playboy porn film in 2000
CNN – Two more Trump Playboy videos uncovered
