There Is Something
Seriously Wrong With Trump
By Samuel Warde
I remember watching the result coming in
on election night, experiencing shock, disgust and horror – not because Trump
was a Republican but because I find the man to be revolting. Seriously.
Then
there were the allegations that Trump walked in on Miss Teen USA
beauty pageant contestants as they were changing in their
dressing rooms. And that news came in the wake of revelations by CNN that Trump had bragged
to Howard Stern about walking in on contestants as the owner of the Miss USA
pageant.
“I’ll go backstage before a show, and
everyone’s getting dressed and ready and everything else. And you know, no men
are anywhere. And I’m allowed to go in because I’m the owner of the pageant. And therefore I’m inspecting it,” he told Stern, adding: “Is everyone okay? You
know they’re standing there with no clothes. And you see these incredible
looking women. And so I sort of get away with things like that.”
Then
there’s the 1992 tape aired by CBS News last
year revealing Trump looking at a group of young girls and remarking that he
will be dating one of them in ten years. Noting that Trump would have been
46-years-old at the time, CBS News reported that:
In the clip, Trump can be heard asking one of the girls: “You going up the escalator?” Trump can be heard saying. “Yeah,” the voice of a young girl replies. “I am going to be dating her in 10 years. Can you believe it?” Trump can then be heard on the tape remarking to someone off camera.
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Trump responded: “I don’t think Ivanka
would do that inside the magazine. Although she does have a very nice figure.
I’ve said that if Ivanka weren’t my daughter, perhaps I would be dating her.”
Co-host Joy Behar exclaimed: “Stop it!
Oh, that’s so weird. Stop it!”
Most recently, Trump took his creepy
side to the international stage when he was captured on video telling the
French First Lady that she was “in such good shape,” in Paris on Thursday.
NBC News reports that
the incident took place after a photo-op “nearly an hour into a tour led by
French President Emmanuel Macron.”
Trump can be seen turning to First Lady
Brigitte Macron, telling her: “You’re in such good shape.”
He then turned to the French president,
telling him “She’s in such good physical shape.”
Trump can then be observed turning back
to the French First Lady and adding: “beautiful.”
As NBC News reports, “It is unclear what
Brigitte Macron said in response.”
Samuel Warde is a writer, social and
political activist, and all-around troublemaker.
