Donald Trump says he wants to 'protect women' - here are his most sexist remarks to date

Controversial ex-US President Donald Trump has a agelong past of making derogatory comments astir women.

The Republican candidate, 78, holds a important vantage with antheral voters, portion Democratic Party person Kamala Harris, 60, commands a pb with pistillate electorates. This stark sex disagreement is playing a immense relation successful the 2024 US election.

Just past week, a Harris run near Republicans gobsmacked arsenic it encouraged wives to ballot otherwise from their Trump-supporting husbands. Actress Julia Roberts voiced the advertisement and said: "You tin ballot immoderate mode you want. And nary 1 volition ever know."

Two women tin beryllium seen making knowing oculus interaction earlier voting Harris, past guarantee their different halves they "made the close choice". But immoderate conservatives person likened the determination to "having an affair" and "violating" the spot successful marriage.

Meanwhile, Trump was recently slammed for making a "threatening" statement successful which helium vowed to support women - adjacent if they didn't similar it. He said astatine his MAGA rally that he'd been warned by unit to not marque his "inappropriate" comments - but helium did it anyway.

Impersonating a staffer begging him not to accidental the follow-up, helium continued successful a bizarre speech: "'Sir, delight don't accidental that... we deliberation it's precise inappropriate to accidental so'. Why? I'm President, I privation to support the women of our country.. Well, I'm going to bash it whether the women similar it oregon not."

The statement, arsenic warned, did not spell down well. One idiosyncratic wrote connected X, formerly Twitter: "It's really hilarious however helium someway made his pandering dependable threatening."

Despite claiming that he's hopeless to support women, his way grounds suggests thing but. So, what other has the erstwhile president said astir the other sex? Here, the Mirror takes a look...

#MeToo movement

Trump has antecedently described forcing himself upon women and has advised men to contradict intersexual harassment nary substance the truth. In 2018, arsenic the #MeToo question was brought backmost into force, Trump said: "It's a precise scary clip for young men successful America, wherever you tin beryllium blameworthy of thing you whitethorn not beryllium blameworthy of... women are going great."

That aforesaid year, helium said: "You've got to deny, deny, contradict and propulsion backmost connected these women. If you admit to thing and immoderate culpability, past you're dead. … You've got to beryllium strong. You've got to beryllium aggressive. You've got to propulsion backmost hard. You've got to contradict thing that's said astir you. Never admit."

Abortion

In 2016, Trump was interviewed connected MSNBC News and shared his beardown views connected abortion. He was asked to corroborate if helium believes successful 'punishment' for abortion, and helium responded: "There has to beryllium immoderate signifier of punishment." When questioned what type, helium was incapable to springiness an reply - but confirmed it's women who should beryllium punished successful his view.

The Apprentice stars

The erstwhile Apprentice businessman made galore shocking comments astir pistillate contestants during his clip connected the show. He belittled their qualifications successful a mode that galore presumption arsenic unfastened sexism, and attempted to repeatedly embarrass them. In 2004, helium said: "All of the women connected The Apprentice flirted with maine - consciously oregon unconsciously. That's to beryllium expected."

That aforesaid year, helium said: "It's surely not groundbreaking quality that the aboriginal victories by the women connected The Apprentice were, to a precise ample extent, babelike connected their enactment appeal." And successful 2013, helium said to a contestant: "That indispensable beryllium a beauteous picture, you dropping to your knees."

Hillary Clinton

Trump has agelong had a governmental rivalry with Hillary Clinton and made vile comments astir her sexually. Back successful 2015, Trump slammed the then-presidential campaigner connected Twitter and posted: "If Hillary Clinton can't fulfill her husband, what makes her deliberation she tin fulfill America?"

Carly Fiorina

That aforesaid year, helium told Rolling Stones that then-presidential campaigner Carly Fiorina shouldn't beryllium taken earnestly due to the fact that of her gender. He said: "Look astatine that face. Would anybody ballot for that? Can you ideate that, the look of our adjacent president? I mean, she's a woman, and I'm not expected to accidental atrocious things, but really, folks, travel on. Are we serious?"

Ivanka Trump

Trump has a agelong way grounds of making inappropriate comments astir his ain daughter, Ivanka Trump. In a 2006 vigor interrogation with Howard Stern, helium discussed if Ivanka had gotten bosom implants. He said: "She's really ever been precise voluptuous. She's tall, she's astir 6 feet gangly and she's an astonishing beauty."

In different interview, which CNN uncovered from 2004, Stern asked Trump if helium could telephone Ivanka "a portion of ass", to which Trump responded: "Yeah". He besides said: "She does person a precise bully figure... if she weren't my daughter, possibly I'd beryllium dating her."

Melania Trump

It's not conscionable his daughter's breasts that Trump feels comfy discussing, but his wife's too. In 2005, Trump was asked if helium would enactment with Melania Trump if she was disfigured successful a car crash. He grimly responded: "How bash the breasts look?"

In Melania's 2024 memoir, she wrote that she does not align with "all of Donald's decisions" successful a cryptic excavation to his outspoken beliefs. She besides explained that portion they "may stock the aforesaid past name", the Trumps are each connected antithetic "paths" of their own.

Kim Kardashian

In 2014, Trump was connected The Howard Stern Show erstwhile helium was crudely asked to take betwixt Kim Kardashian and Jennifer Lopez - and chose neither. He said: "I'd walk connected some of them." Asked if "Kim's butt was big", helium said: "Well, absolutely. It's record-setting. In the aged days, they'd accidental she has a atrocious body."

Princess Diana

Back successful 1997, Trump gloated that helium believed helium could person slept with the precocious Princess Diana. Just 3 weeks aft her death, helium was asked if helium could person "nailed" the British princess, and helium gloated: "I deliberation I could have."

Miss Universe

As good arsenic celebrities, Trump has openly commented connected the appearances of journalists. Discussing the judging of the 2014 Miss Universe competition, Trump said to a pistillate reporter: "We could say, politically correct, that the look doesn't matter, but the look evidently matters. Like you wouldn't person your occupation if you weren't beautiful."

Kamala Harris

Trump has repeatedly mocked Kamala Harris for being a woman. Speaking astir the Vice President connected Fox News earlier this year, Trump said: "They enactment her in, and she someway - a pistillate - someway she's doing amended than [President Joe Biden] did."

Women's rights person featured importantly successful the Democrats' campaigning, having defended the close to termination and protecting women's health. Among those helping to dispersed the connection is erstwhile First Lady Michelle Obama, who said successful a fiery code that Trump does not person the "emotional maturity" to emergence to the challenge.

She said: "Do you deliberation Donald Trump is reasoning astir the consequences for the millions of women who volition beryllium surviving successful aesculapian deserts? Does anyone deliberation helium has the affectional maturity and foresight to travel up with a program to support us?"