Donald trump faces backlash over air force one remarks | critics flag pattern of misogyny

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This special report by india today examines the controversy surrounding us president donald trump following his recent remarks aboard air force one. during mid-air turbulence, trump joked about needing something to hold onto, stating, 'so i'm looking for something to grab, and it's not going to be caroline,' referring to white house press secretary karoline leavitt. the report highlights a pattern of inappropriate language, including previous comments where trump fixated on leavitt’s appearance, describing her 'machine gun lips.' the bulletin further notes crude remarks made by trump regarding melania trump’s undergarments, describing them as 'folded, perfect, wrapped.' critics argue these statements normalize misogyny and demeaning behavior toward women. the segment also references trump's history of conduct issues, including the stormy daniels case and the epstein files, suggesting his verbal indiscretions are part of a deeper, long-standing concern regarding his treatment of women while holding the world's most powerful office.

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00:00Now let's talk about the U.S. President. As U.S. President Donald Trump experienced turbulence

00:05aboard Air Force One, he attempted to joke about how he needs something to grab because he cannot

00:11grab White House Press Secretary Caroline Levitt. Now Trump's recent comment has fueled a wider

00:18debate about his long history of inappropriate unsettling remarks about women. Take a look at

00:25this report. You put me in a position where there's absolutely nothing to grab. So I'm

00:32looking for something to grab and it's not going to be Caroline. Another comment. I'm

00:38looking for something to grab and it's not going to be Caroline. Another controversy.

00:43And another addition to Donald Trump's string of sexist remarks. This time, on board the

00:50Air Force One, mid-air, mid-turbulence and on camera. Trump joked about needing something

00:57to grab, quickly adding that it would not be White House Press Secretary Caroline Levitt.

01:02It's going to get rough and I don't seem to be in a... I think you did this to me. You put

01:10me in a position where there's absolutely nothing to grab. So I'm looking for something to grab

01:16and it's not going to be Caroline. Critics have called it yet another example of Trump

01:22crossing a line. One that he has crossed more than a few times. This isn't Trump's first

01:29comment about Caroline Levitt that had nothing to do with policy and everything to do with

01:34the woman delivering it. In August last year, he publicly fixated on her appearance, praising

01:42her beautiful face and machine gun lips. She's become a star. It's that face, it's

01:48that brain, it's those lips, the way they move, they move like she's a machine gun. Is she

01:54in the room? She's in the room. She's a star and she's great. She's a great person actually,

01:58but she's... I don't think anybody has ever had a better press secretary than Caroline.

02:04She's been amazing.

02:06Bart Levitt is not the only victim of the American President's misogynistic comments.

02:11His own wife isn't spared either. Just last month, Trump made headlines for a crude remark

02:17about Melania Trump's undergarments.

02:21My wife's closet. And I'll say this. Number one, it's very bad, but it sounds a little strange.

02:29They looked at her drawers. But everything is perfect. Her undergarments, sometimes referred

02:40to as panties, are folded. Perfect. Wrapped. They're like so perfect. I said, that's beautiful.

02:48You know, it's the part of the world she came from. Everything was perfect. No problem.

02:53Fold, fold, fold. I think that she steams them to make sure.

02:55From campaign trails to press briefings.

03:12And from colleagues to celebrities. Trump's language has repeatedly veered into a territory

03:17one could only describe as demeaning, sexist and inappropriate.

03:24Beyond verbal indiscretions, Trump's real-life conduct towards women poses a far deeper concern.

03:30From the Stormy Daniels case to the Epstein files fire.

03:34It's history that's even longer than his political tenure.

03:37Trump's series of misogynistic comments have been dismissed previously as funny and as innocent.

03:48But for the world's most powerful man to normalise such comments is worrisome to say the least.

03:54Bureau Report, India Today.

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