THE CLAIM: This evening, Ivanka Trump claimed Donald Trump is good for women …
Women are paid equally for the work that we do and when a woman becomes a mother she is supported, not shut out.
THE TRUTH: Donald Trump’s statements have been anything but good for women.
Donald Trump: “I think that putting a wife to work is a very dangerous thing.”
But Donald did seem to have some limits when it came to which women he wanted in the workplace. ‘I think that putting a wife to work is a very dangerous thing,’ Donald told a television interviewer. ‘There was a great softness to Ivana, and she still has that softness, but during this period of time, she became an executive, not a wife … you know, I don’t want to sound too much like a chauvinist, but when I come home and dinner’s not ready, I’ll go through the roof, okay?’
Donald Trump said a lawyer who requested a medical break to pump breast milk for her infant daughter was “disgusting.”
Donald J. Trump seemed irritated. He had been grilled for two hours in a lawsuit over a failed Florida real estate project, and he told the lawyer that her questions were ‘very stupid.’ When the lawyer, Elizabeth Beck, asked for a medical break, Mr. Trump and his lawyers objected, demanding that the deposition continue. Ms. Beck said it was urgent — she needed to pump breast milk for her 3-month-old daughter, and she took the pump out to make her point. Mr. Trump erupted. ‘You’re disgusting,’ he told Ms. Beck, in a remark that is not disputed by either side. He then walked out of the room, ending the testimony for the day.
Donald Trump on working women: “I have days when I think it’s great, and then I have days where if I come home…and dinner’s not ready, I go through the roof, okay?”
I think I’m probably mixed. I have days when I think it’s great, and then I have days where if I come home — you know, I don’t want to sound too much like a chauvinist, but when I come home and dinner’s not ready, I go through the roof, okay?
Donald Trump: “The women get it better than we do folks. They get it better than we do.”
I mean. All of the men, we’re petrified to speak to women anymore. We may raise our voice,’ he said. ‘You know what? The women get it better than we do folks. They get it better than we do. If she didn’t play that card, she has nothing.
Donald Trump: “I mean, the women, some of the women, happen to be very attractive. And they have used their sexuality to win certain tasks, as we call them. And hey, that’s part of life, I guess.”
KING: “Do you think that some complaining about women use their gender to advantage in this, or is that also part of life?” TRUMP: “Women? I mean, do women use sex? Absolutely not. You’ve never known a woman to use sex, right? On my show, I get criticized when they use sex. The rest of the world, nobody gets criticized. You know, amazingly, these people were chosen. They’re young people, and they were chosen for their brain, but they happen to be attractive. I mean, the women, some of the women, happen to be very attractive. And they have used their sexuality to win certain tasks, as we call them. And hey, that’s part of life, I guess. In real life, that happens, too. I’ve known it. I’ve seen it happen. It’s actually happened to me a couple of times, Larry.
Donald Trump said pregnancy was “certainly an inconvenience for a business.”
Donald Trump has said that pregnancy is ‘wonderful’ – unless you’re an employer. In an October 2004 interview with NBC’s Dateline, Trump said pregnancy is ‘a wonderful thing for the woman, it’s a wonderful thing for the husband, it’s certainly an inconvenience for a business. And whether people want to say that or not, the fact is it is an inconvenience for a person that is running a business.’