Former President Donald Trump has used violent language to describe what he wanted to do former first lady Michelle Obama.The Republican presidential nominee told attendees of a campaign rally in North Carolina on Monday that he was pressing his staff for permission to go on the attack after Obama c...

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At a North Carolina rally, Donald Trump used aggressive language, questioning if he was “allowed to hit” Michelle Obama after her recent criticism of his values and policies.

Though Trump spoke metaphorically, his comments drew backlash, with analysts calling the remark in poor taste. Trump recounted an imaginary conversation with his staff advising him to tone down his rhetoric, prompting cheers from supporters urging him to “hit back.”

The statement, shared widely on social media, has raised concerns about its impact on the gender gap and support among conservative women voters.

    • OhStopYellingAtMe@lemmy.world
      112·
      17 days ago

      https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/10/24/documenting-trumps-abuse-of-women

      The part of the book that caused the most controversy concerns Trump’s divorce from his first wife, Ivana. Hurt obtained a copy of her sworn divorce deposition, from 1990, in which she stated that, the previous year, her husband had raped her in a fit of rage. In Hurt’s account, Trump was furious that a “scalp reduction” operation he’d undergone to eliminate a bald spot had been unexpectedly painful. Ivana had recommended the plastic surgeon. In retaliation, Hurt wrote, Trump yanked out a handful of his wife’s hair, and then forced himself on her sexually. Afterward, according to the book, she spent the night locked in a bedroom, crying; in the morning, Trump asked her, “with menacing casualness, ‘Does it hurt?’ ” Trump has denied both the rape allegation and the suggestion that he had a scalp-reduction procedure. Hurt said that the incident, which is detailed in Ivana’s deposition, was confirmed by two of her friends

      • triptrapper@lemmy.world
        39·
        17 days ago

        “Does it hurt?”

        We saw the same contempt during the debate when he said, “I’m talking now. Does that sound familiar?” What an utter psychopath.

      • CharlesDarwin@lemmy.worldEnglish
        24·
        17 days ago

        Trump has denied both the rape allegation and the suggestion that he had a scalp-reduction procedure.

        And I bet dumpster donnie is more annoyed by the scalp reduction coming to light…

    • Akasazh@feddit.nl
      2·
      16 days ago

      I guess he’s got a deep wish to be beaten by a black woman. Let’s make it happen

    • empireOfLove2@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      68·
      17 days ago

      It’d probably be more like:

      Michelle’s detail: “Can’t you just tell him to sit down?”
      Donald’s detail: “yeah don’t worry about it. we’re used to it by now, skinny Jonas over there can hold him in a seat one handed, just put a big Mac on the table and he’ll forget all about this in like 30 seconds”

    • captainlezbian@lemmy.world
      12·
      17 days ago

      I suspect both details would detain him. Like, you have to be an idiot to bring any secret service to attack someone protected by the secret service. It’s on par with attempting to counterfeit around them

    • NielsBohron@lemmy.worldEnglish
      133·
      17 days ago

      Even better is the fact that Trump’s Secret Service detail would likely be… shall we say “less than motivated” to protect their charge

  • NABDad@lemmy.worldEnglish
    461·
    17 days ago

    “He was never nice to the Obamas,” said The Hill opinion writer Tara Dublin. “He also looks & sounds like he died last week but no one wants to tell him.”

    Looks, sounds, and by all accounts smells like he died last week.

  • Adderbox76@lemmy.caEnglish
    43·
    17 days ago

    It’s utterly repulsive to me that, regardless of the elections outcome, this walking shit stain is getting Secret Service protection paid for by the tax payers.

    I’m not American, but I feel for you all. As far as I’m concerned, it should be like Witness Protection; if you commit a crime (or are in others ways a total piece of shit) while protected, that protection can and will be removed like they did with Henry Hill when he kept committing crimes.

  • Zonefive@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    39·
    17 days ago

    Even if he was able to get a cheap shot in when her back was turned, my money is on her with an easy first round knock-out.

    • ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.worldEnglish
      17·
      17 days ago

      Oh, definitely. Even beyond age, cardio, strength, etc. imagine how much she hates him after all the death threats to her and her family. She’d even have the pure cussedness advantage. I could see a full blown Waffle House 3am level ass whooping coming his way.

  • masterofn001@lemmy.ca
    30·
    17 days ago

    I just saw a commercial for Logan Paul v Mike Tyson.

    I’d rather see Michelle slap the orange off turdburglars face.

  • ATDA@lemmy.world
    27·
    17 days ago

    “Metaphorically” doesn’t save him from yet again being a massive piece of shit…

  • lesinge@sh.itjust.works
    348·
    17 days ago

    Ok, Trump is an awful human. No doubt.

    But can we also agree that the article’s title is misleading? It seems clear to me that he didn’t literally mean “hit her”, but rather a political hit/verbal diarrhea.

    Articles like these - and people quick to share them - make Democrats/left-leaning institutions look like they are grasping at straws. It’s too bad because there are so many important, real topics that don’t receive as much attention.

    • Carvex@lemmy.world
      181·
      17 days ago

      He’s a rapist and pedophile, that’s enough for me to hate him for life. Every other thing he says or does is just icing on the cake.

    • Lobreeze@lemmy.world
      143·
      17 days ago

      He’s a supposed politician.

      This isn’t grasping at straws.

      He is speaking to his base. His base… whom are lucky if they can rub two brain cells together for a spark… Are not going to take this as some political rhetoric.

      • EatATaco@lemm.eeEnglish
        41·
        16 days ago

        Unless you think she has already physically hit him, it’s painfully clear from the context that this is a political hit.

        Your post just reads as a justification for being fooled by the title, or a justification for being outright dishonest. We can’t shut on trump supporters for being so detached from reality while trying to pretend it’s reasonable to believe he was talking about actually physically hitting her here. It’s equally as detached from reality.

    • auzy@lemmy.world
      42·
      17 days ago

      I’ve been “not threatened” twice in my life, and someone once tried to set me up in a way that were hoping to get me for break and entering.

      That’s what criminals do. They’ll use a suspicious amount of coercive control and people like Trump also use a lot of keywords too or guide followers towards doing things they want in a way they are protected

      With Trump, it’s genuinely not clear

      Don’t forget, this is a guide who clearly tried a coup, and started cracking jokes when Pelosi’s husband got attacked

      Don’t think of him as a person, put everything he says in the context as the mafia. And suddenly, things seem a lot worse

    • Wrench@lemmy.world
      8·
      17 days ago

      Altho I could make an exception. Barack would tear him a new one in a celebrity former potus death match

    • slowcakes@programming.dev
      3·
      16 days ago

      I don’t think you’re allowed to physically attack anyone at all, could be wrong though. Except in sports, any sport.