But where he tries to emasculate his male opponents, Mr. Trump works in put-downs about the appearance of women, their emotional balance and their intelligence. He goes after women for their appearance.”“You can do anything” to women when you are famous, Mr. Trump said on the “Access Hollywood” tape that threatened his 2016 campaign. And yet Mr. Trump defeated Ms. Clinton with 39% of women voters casting their ballots for him. As Ms. Clinton answered questions, he loomed so close, she wrote later, “my skin crawled.”Few days after the debate, Mr. Trump appeared to hark back to the moment. “He is very immature,“ she said of Mr. Trump, ”and so clearly scared to lose to powerful woman.”Ms. Haley herself makes a similar argument, such as one jab to chide Mr. Trump for refusing to debate her.

Source: The Hindu February 07, 2024 17:07 UTC