President Donald Trump Admits He's Not A Feminist
In a promotional tweet for his show Saturday night, Piers Morgan tweeted what he thought was a juicy sound bite from his soon-to-air interview with President Donald Trump.
“BREAKING NEWS: President Trump has declared he is NOT a feminist,” Morgan wrote.
Given the tone of Morgan’s latter responses to users, one can likely assume he’s throwing in some dry British humo(u)r here. After all, just one week ago, Trump trolled the Women’s March by urging the American public to march in celebration of the great economy instead.
According to Morgan’s tweet this is exactly what Trump said in his interview after he was asked if he were a feminist. “I think that would be, maybe, going too far,” he said. “I’m for women, I’m for men, I’m for everyone.”
Morgan expanded on Trump’s response for his Daily Mail column: “No, I wouldn’t say I’m a feminist,” Trump said, according to Morgan. “I mean, I think that would be, maybe, going too far. I’m for women, I’m for men, I’m for everyone. I think people have to go out, they have to go out and really do it, and they have to win. And women are doing great, and I’m happy about that.”
Of course, being a feminist—at its most elemental level—means that you believe that the sexes should be equal, so “going too far” really shouldn’t be an issue. And for women, to “go out” and “really do it” and “win” is a lot harder when you have a wage gap and systemic sexual harassment to deal with.
While the President’s admission is not entirely surprising to the general public—not since those Access Hollywood tapes, at least—Morgan’s tweet did elicit a lot of thoughts on social media.
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