"Mind you, those Trumpian insults hurled at women (and regularly offered about them) are anything but performative throwaways. They reveal Donald Trump's deep and abiding contempt for females, an attitude that has taken a giant leap forward (or do I mean backward?) in policy terms in the Trump 2.0 years. Well beyond a simple cascade of insulting words, the commander in chief and his allies have deemed women the enemy. And not surprisingly, under the circumstances, they are now distinctly under attack."
"The president was intent on silencing Catherine Lucey. The Bloomberg reporter had provoked him with a question about the release of the Epstein files. His insult caught the public's attention. But Trump's tongue-lashing lexicon against women has a long history. Other female journalists have been dubbed "obnoxious," "terrible," "third-rate" and "ugly." Vice President Kamala Harris, opposing him in the 2024 presidential election, was labeled " retarded" and former House speaker Nancy Pelosi "crazy as a bedbug." The list goes on (and on and on)."
Donald Trump repeatedly insults and denigrates women, calling female journalists and politicians derogatory names and casting them as enemies. Specific targets include Catherine Lucey, Kamala Harris, and Nancy Pelosi. Those insults reflect a broader contempt that has moved into policy during Trump's second term. On his first day he issued Executive Order 14151 to eliminate diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives and diversity-based appointments, framing them as wasteful. The administration's actions aim to purge women from government positions, leaving women distinctly under attack and raising questions about what may have been redacted in sensitive documents like the Epstein files.
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