Donald Trump blasted as 'gross' for misogynistic comments
Donald Trump has been accused of being 'disgusting' and 'demeaning' after he responded to a female journalist's question with a sexist remark during a press conference
President Donald Trump has sparked outrage on social media after a condescending encounter with a female journalist that many are calling sexist and inappropriate.
The incident unfolded at the White House when the reporter posed a question about China's influence in Latin America and America's response.
Instead of providing an answer, the 79 year old President interrupted her with a smirk and turned to Vice President JD Vance, saying: "I just like to watch her talk."
Trump then dismissed the professional journalist with what critics are describing as "disgusting" and "demeaning" language, telling her: "Good job. Thank you, darling."
The President completely ignored her legitimate question while his staff could be seen laughing at the reporter's expense, reports the Mirror.
Video footage of the sexist exchange has since exploded across social media, with countless users condemning Trump's behavior as workplace harassment.
One social media user commented: "He treats all women as objects that only exist for his amusement. Self-respecting women don't want anything to do with him."
Another person posted: "Has any other leader of the free world countries ever consistently spoken to female reporters so rudely, disrespected them or even told them to shut up? The answer is a definite no."
This comes after another recent episode on Air Force One, where Trump talked down to Politico reporter Dasha Burns when she pressed him about China tariffs. Dismissing her inquiries, Trump told Burns, "Let's get somebody else to ask some questions, you mind? Because Politico is fake news."
Sadly, Trump's disrespectful behavior toward female media members isn't anything new. In August 2015, during his initial run for the White House, Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly confronted Trump at the GOP presidential debate for calling women "fat pigs", "slobs", and "dogs".
Trump fired back with a nasty crack about comedian Rosie O'Donnell, prompting Ms Kelly to ask: "Does that sound to you like the temperament of a man we should elect as president?" This sparked Trump's campaign against Kelly, whom he claimed to have "zero respect for" in a Fox News sit-down.
The former president even seemed to make a sexist allusion to menstruation in a CNN interview, saying of Kelly, "There was blood coming out of her eyes, blood coming out of her wherever."
These comments established the framework for an administration where even minor press criticism has been labeled "fake news" by the reality TV veteran and his devoted supporters. Female reporters have faced especially harsh treatment.
Elisa Lees Munoz, the Executive Director of the International Women's Media Foundation, previously told The Independent about this issue: "We know that he does not discriminate on gender with regards to his criticism and his attacks, but we have particularly noticed the way that he attacks female journalists and it is a very gendered attack, which really demonstrates some misogynistic tendencies that we see online and in the streets every day."
Reflecting on the motive behind these often deeply personal attacks, Ms Munoz clarified: "It is really designed to shut them up, to try to get them to stop working, to belittle, to humiliate."