Donald Trump Called ‘Creepy’ After Weird Rant About ‘Young, Beautiful Girls’

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At a recent event, President Donald Trump acted like he knew commenting on women’s appearances would be inappropriate, yet he just couldn’t refrain from saying “disgusting” things about “young, beautiful girls.”

Addressing a crowd of police officers in New York, Trump tried to boast that Washington DC is so much safer now because of him. In reality, the crime rate in the capital has been decreasing for years now, but Trump has repeatedly tried to take credit for this. He has acted like people were afraid of leaving their homes before and now can go out without worrying. This time, he tried to claim that “young girls” continue to thank him for this change.

Trump said the “gorgeous, beautiful girls” who allegedly speak to him “want to be safe.”

Supposedly, he has made them feel safer. Of course, critics online have doubts about this particular anecdote, especially because Trump claimed that these “young girls” have approached him to say “thank you, sir.” In the eyes of Trump’s critics, any story that involves people saying “thank you, sir” to him sounds totally made up.

Beyond that, his comments disgusted people because of the way he “objectified” the young women he was speaking about. “Every day I come to the White House, people are thanking me: ‘Thank you, sir. Thank you, thank you, sir,'” he claimed. “You know these young, beautiful girls. These young, beautiful girls. These young, beautiful girls in the White House. You know they come in. Now I’m not supposed to say beautiful, but what the hell?”

“These young, these gorgeous, beautiful girls — they want to be safe,” he added.

He then acted out the conversation he’s allegedly had with these people.

Is he trying to say that multiple women have gone to him and had this exact same conversation? And supposedly this happens on a daily basis? It’s unclear, but during his speech, he appeared to be acting like one of these alleged “girls” who has spoken to him about feeling safe.

“Mr. President, may I speak to you? Thank you, sir. Thank you,” he said, acting as the alleged “girl.” Trump continued, “I said, ‘Why are you thanking me?'”

Acting as the “girl” again, he said, “Because a year and a half ago, I was afraid to leave. I was afraid to open the door of my apartment, and now I walk to the White House every morning, and I have absolutely no fear.”

Unsurprisingly, Trump’s critics are not buying this.

The general consensus among them is that this sounds like something that never actually happened. Still, people also took issue with the way he told the story and referred to presumed White House staffers as “young girls.”

They argued that in any other context, a boss talking about employees in this way would be a very obvious HR violation, and rightfully so.

“Describing White House staff by their physical appearance – ‘young beautiful girls,’ ‘gorgeous’ – in a professional context reduces employees to their looks rather than their qualifications,” one critic wrote on X. “In any workplace, a manager describing staff this way would face HR consequences.”

Someone else added, “These women working in The White House for our Federal Government deserve respect—- not to be ogled over.” Critics called him the “grossest human alive” for talking about women in this way.

And while people were not necessarily surprised that this particular president would openly say something offensive and misogynistic, they questioned why he continues to get away with it.

“Why is he allowed to reduce competent women working in the white house to beautiful young girls and he gets away with it?” another critic commented. “Same as calling female journalists asking questions he does not like ugly and he gets away with it.”

It’s reminiscent of when his wife, Melania Trump, tried to claim he wants women to be safe.

And people were not buying it then either, given how he tends to talk about women. Previously, Melania tried to say that her husband “would like to have a country where all of the people can walk down the street and not be harassed or murdered or women raped.”

In response, people left comments implying that the president is among the people who make women feel unsafe, like, “Then get him off the streets” and “So he’s locking himself up, then?!”

Likewise, critics identified a major flaw in Trump’s story about women allegedly approaching him and thanking him for helping them feel safe: “If young girls wanted to be safe, they wouldn’t go anywhere near him,” one critic argued.

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Paige Sheffield (she/her)