30 things Donald Trump has actually said about women

30 things Donald Trump has actually said about women

Like it or not, Donald Trump is set to become President of the United States come January after a fierce election race against Kamala Harris, in which many felt that women's rights were on the ballot. Not only when it comes to concerns about abortion laws being further rolled back, after Trump appointed the judges who helped overturn Roe v Wade, but due to Trump having been personally accused of sexual misconduct by more than 25 women (and found liable of sexually abusing one of them).

Adding to this, when it comes to women, much of what has tripped out of Trump's mouth hasn't exactly been great. Those he's directed attacks at range from his political opponents like Harris to Paris Hilton, Kim Kardashian and Lindsay Lohan.

So, just in case you weren't feeling concerned enough about the potential changes he could make when he reclaims his spot in the Whitehouse, here are 30 (depressingly) real things Trump has actually said about women...

1. "I'm automatically attracted to beautiful women — I just start kissing them. It's like a magnet. Just kiss. I don't even wait. When you're a star, they let you do it. You can do anything. Grab 'em by the pussy. You can do anything." (Secret video recording, 2005)

2. "Look at that face. Would anyone vote for that? Can you imagine that, the face of our next next president? I mean, she's a woman, and I'm not supposed to say bad things, but really, folks, come on. Are we serious?" (About Carly Fiorina, his one-time Republican rival, 2015)

3. "They put her in, and she somehow — a woman — somehow she's doing better than [President Joe Biden] did." (Talking about Kamala Harris during a Fox News appearance in September 2024)

4. "I like kids. I mean, I won’t do anything to take care of them. I’ll supply funds and she’ll take care of the kids. It’s not like I’m gonna be walking the kids down Central Park." (An interview with Howard Stern, 2005)

5. "[Arianna Huffington] is unattractive both inside and out. I fully understand why her former husband left her for a man - he made a good decision." (X, 2012)

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6. "[Kamala Harris is] this monster that was onstage with Mike Pence, who destroyed her last night, by the way. I thought that wasn't even a contest last night. She was terrible. I don't think you could get worse. And totally unlikeable." (In an interview the day after the vice presidential debate, 2020)

7. [About a 10-year-old girl] "I am going to be dating her in 10 years. Can you believe it?" (A leaked recording, 1992)

8. [About New York Democratic congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez] "This is not even a smart person, other than she's got a good line of stuff. I mean, she goes out and she yaps." (In an interview with Fox Business Network, 2020)

9. "All of the women on The Apprentice flirted with me - consciously or unconsciously. That's to be expected." (How to Get Rich, 2004 - it's worth noting that one former contestant on The Apprentice, Summer Zervos, accused Trump of groping and kissing her without consent in 2007. He denied the claims and a defamation suit launched against Trump by Zervos was settled without admission of wrongdoing in 2021.)

10. "If Hillary Clinton can't satisfy her husband what makes her think she can satisfy America?" (X, 2015)

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11. [About his daughter Ivanka] "… she does have a very nice figure. I've said if Ivanka weren't my daughter, perhaps I'd be dating her." (ABC's 'The View', 6 March 2006)

12. [About his wife] "She's not giving me 100 percent. She's giving me 84 percent, and 16 percent is going towards taking care of children." (TIME, 23 May 2011)

13 . After Fox News presenter Megyn Kelly confronted Trump about his disparaging comments about women on live TV he called her "a bimbo" (Fox News, August 2015)

14. "Often when I was sleeping with one of the top women in the world I would say to myself, thinking about me as a boy from Queens, 'Can you believe what I am getting?'" (Think Big: Make it Happen in Business and Life, 2008)

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15. "I have really given a lot of women great opportunity. Unfortunately, after they are a star, the fun is over for me." (ABC's 'Primetime Live', 10 March 1994)

16. [On women] "You have to treat 'em like shit." (New York magazine, 9 November 1992)

17. "Rosie's a loser. A real loser. I look forward to taking lots of money from my nice fat little Rosie." He has also called Rosie rude, obnoxious, dumb, a pig, and pretty much every other insult you can think of. (About TV host Rosie O'Donnell who blasted Trump for having an affair and leaving his wife, 2006)

18. Trump blamed sexual assaults on women in the army on the fact that men and women were working together. "26,000 unreported sexual assaults in the military - only 238 convictions. What did these geniuses expect when they put men & women together?" (X, 7 May 2013)

19. "Women are really a lot different than portrayed. They are far worse than men, far more aggressive … " (The Art of the Comeback, 1997)

20. "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." (The Howard Stern Show, 2003)

21. He compared Kristen Stewart to a dog and advised Robert Pattinson not to get back with her back amidst the couple's on/off relationship. (X, 17 October 2012)

22. "You're disgusting" to a breastfeeding mother when she asked for a medical break during a legal deposition so she could pump breast milk for her 3-month-old daughter. (New York Times, July 2015)

23. Trump reduced all women's significance to being "a young and beautiful piece of ass", when he told an Esquire journalist in response to his bad press: "You know, it really doesn’t matter what they write as long as you’ve got a young and beautiful piece of ass. But she’s got to be young and beautiful." (Esquire, 1991)

24. "Sarah Jessica Parker voted 'unsexiest woman alive' – I agree" (Facebook, 26 October 2012)

25. "Now, somebody who a lot of people don't give credit to but in actuality is really beautiful is Paris Hilton. I've known Paris Hilton from the time she's 12, her parents are friends of mine, and the first time I saw her she walked into the room and I said, 'Who the hell is that?'" (An interview with Howard Stern, 2016)

26. "We’re getting your husbands back to work. Everybody wants it." (Aimed at women attending a campaign rally in Michigan, 2020)

27. "You've got to deny, deny, deny and push back on these women. If you admit to anything and any culpability, then you're dead. … You've got to be strong. You've got to be aggressive. You've got to push back hard. You've got to deny anything that's said about you. Never admit." (A quote from Bob Woodward's Fear: Trump in the White House)

28. "She would not have been the chosen one" (in response to Jessica Leeds' sexual assault allegations against Trump which he has denied, 7 September 2024)

29. "Does she have a good body? No. Does she have a fat ass? Absolutely." (Trump talking about Kim Kardashian in February 2013)

30. "What do you think of Lindsay Lohan? There's something there, right? But you have to like freckles. I've seen a close-up of her chest. And a lot of freckles. Are you into freckles? ... She's probably deeply troubled, and therefore great in bed. How come the deeply troubled women — deeply, deeply troubled — they're always the best in bed?" (In reference to Lindsay Lohan in 2004)

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