In Trump’s zeal to defend his good buddy Roger Ailes comes an unreal, unbelievable and breathtakingly tone deaf response to sexual harassment in the work place. It’s this kind of response that reveals what Trump thinks about women.
A response like this makes him an enabler of sexual harrasment in the work place.
This guy is unfit to even run his failed business.
The remark, which was immediately criticized as tone-deaf and insensitive to sexual harassment victims, came during an interview with Fox News contributor and USA Today columnist Kirsten Powers published on Monday.
Powers asked the Republican presidential nominee to comment on sexual harassment allegations against Roger Ailes, the former Fox News chief who resigned last month.
"What if someone had treated Ivanka in the way Ailes allegedly behaved?" Powers asked Trump, according to her report. His response: "I would like to think she would find another career or find another company if that was the case."
Powers called his reply "startling, even by Trumpian standards."
"[M]ost women don't have the financial resources of Ivanka," Powers wrote. "They can't afford to quit their job without another in hand, something that is impossible to do when you are under contract and forbidden to speak to competitors. Most importantly, why should a woman be expected to upend her career just because she ended up in the crosshairs of some harasser?"