Posted on 07/17/2017 6:13:04 PM PDT by Kaslin
RUSH: All right, so here’s the story on Trump’s remark to the French first lady. It’s from the Reuters News Agency (they just despise Trump) and the headline is: “Australian Foreign Minister Criticizes Trump’s Remark to French First Lady — Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop on Sunday criticized comments by U.S. President Donald Trump on French first lady Brigitte Macron’s appearance. ‘You’re in such good shape,’ Trump was filmed on Thursday telling her during his first state visit to France.”
Okay, now, what in the world is…? I mean, what is so wrong with, “You’re in such good shape”? What if she had said that to him? That would have been a compliment, right? “You’re in such good shape!” Anybody who understands anything knows what Trump was doing. The fact that there is so much hand-wringing and vapors and gnashing of teeth over this is a terrific illustration of what is happening to our culture and how it is veering off track and is resulting in vast limitations of free speech. That’s what this is designed to do is to shut down any kind of speech that anybody — it can be one person — finds offensive.
Julie Bishop, the Australian foreign minister “told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, when asked whether she would be flattered or offended if the comment were directed at her. ‘I’d be taken aback, I think. It’s a rather interesting comment to make,’ she said.” It has been sexist to comment on a woman’s appearance since the late sixties, and certainly since the early seventies. It has been chauvinistic and sexist. It has been discriminatory. It has been insulting to comment on a woman’s appearance. Do not doubt me.
I came of age during this era. I have been figuratively slapped for making such observations. Such observations were, of course, an insult to the woman’s mind if you commented on her physical appearance or some such thing. Never mind women spend all this time making themselves look attractive and then you notice it and you’re in trouble. But as I said, I know what Trump is doing. The woman is 64; her husband is 39. In Realville, that’s unusual. (interruption) Wouldn’t you have to agree? Don’t…? (interruption) Am I even wrong about this? Don’t…? (interruption)
Am I wrong about…? (interruption) They… (interruption) No. (sigh) No, no. No, no. (interruption) You’re confusing coyotes with… (interruption) No. No, no, no. This Brigitte is not a coyote. You’re getting your things mixed up there. Don’t make me explain this. I’ll have no hope the rest of the day if you make me straighten this one out. What you’re thinking of “coyote ugly,” and that’s a whole different thing. That’s not what this is. Ugly is not… (interruption) That’s what Trump was saying. She looks good, good shape. Look, he goes over there knowing this guy’s 39 and his wife is 64. What do you think…? (interruption) Well…
(interruption) Oh, you might think she’s a cougar. But in whatever world Trump lives in, that’s unusual. You don’t run across that very often. And Trump, I am sure, was trying to be complimentary in his own way that nobody understands. Nobody really understands manners and humility and thoughtfulness, awareness, and when you start talking situational awareness? It is dumbfounding to me how so many people have zip, zero, nada situational awareness. It’s almost akin to having no curiosity, not being able to critically think to not having situational awareness.
Trump to Brigitte Macron: 'you're in such great shape'
the Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has taken a lot of flak for being EXTEMELY UNDIPLOMATIC with her comments on the left-leaning, taxpayer-funded ABC, which set her up. she willingly jumped in though.
btw ABC jumps on every US FakeNews gotcha regarding President Trump and, when NYT or CNN are proven to have been wrong, ABC never reports corrections.
when will the MSM get back to simply reporting?
Me thinks she works out, eats well and likely uses some interesting supplements and hormones
So what is the big deal about paying someone a compliment?
Check out the skin on her right arm in this pic...
We take compliments where we can get them! At 43 I’m older than most of my co-workers and I have chosen to embrace the “for your age” compliments.
I was laughing about it and my brother in law said it’s much better than what he hears...”you’re only 53?”
So your screen-name is cultural misappropriation? 😏
Oh, crepe!
His harmless comment was too heterosexual for today’s de-genderizers.
If you look at it through the lens of statecraft, then yeah it was a foot in the mouth. I understand he was just being new York nice, but I could do with a little less on the job training.
Libs prattle on about diversity, but they sure have very narrow parameters for allowable speech.
People of that age and wealth know a lot of people who have had “work done”.
When they say, “She looks good, she really does,” I take it to mean, she’s had enough work done to still fit in and look as youthful as realistically possible.
Trump’s comment, I think was more an honest reflection about Granny Macron’s weight, which to some appears scrawny, but she’s in The Donald’s approval range.
Thinking some surgical intervention as well but I think the fitness routine is key. Most people that workout appreciate knowing that their efforts show.
Its trash Trump all the time out there.
Me too, best way to deal with a complement send it winging back.
I understand. He was being nice in his own way. Nothing more, nothing less.
The MSM, of course, has to over-analyze everything and criticize every single thing he says or does.
...and keeping up with Penny! :)
What a load of hooey.... What if he would of just said “you look great!” as people say everywhere, all day long. How about “nice to see someone who looks so healthy”. Basically this is just all about finding another avenue to be critical of the President. Falls into the category of no matter what you say, someone will find fault with it.
It was a harmless comment. Not at all sexual. It’s the kind of thing one seasoned citizen says to another.
That just makes it an even better compliment.
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