Trump: ‘It’s A Very Scary Time For Young Men In America’

WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 01: U.S. President Donald Trump exits Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House on October 1, 2018 in Washington, DC. Trump is returning from a Make America Great Rally in Johnson City,... WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 01: U.S. President Donald Trump exits Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House on October 1, 2018 in Washington, DC. Trump is returning from a Make America Great Rally in Johnson City, Tennessee. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images) MORE LESS
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President Donald Trump said Tuesday, reflecting on the multiple allegations of sexual misconduct against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, that it was a “a very scary time for young men in America, when you can be guilty of something that you may not be guilty of.”

“You can be an exemplary person for 35 years, and then somebody comes and they say, ‘You did this or that,'” he told reporters earlier, answering questions by Marine One.

The sentiment echoed one from the President’s son, Donald Trump Jr., who said Monday that, given “what’s going on right now,” he was more afraid for his sons than his daughters.

Trump has been accused of sexual assault and other misconduct by multiple women. He’s continually asserted they’re all lying about him.

The President has consistently argued that nominating Supreme Court justices is, besides “war and peace,” his most consequential duty. But on Tuesday, he said “what’s happening here has much more to do than even the appointment of a Supreme Court justice. It really does.”

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  1. Imagine how scary it has been for young, and not-young women for all these years.

  2. Just when you think drumpf can’t sink any lower . . .

  3. Recall during the campaign in 2016, Trump was asked what his daughter should do if she was sexually harassed at work. He responded that he hoped she would find a new job.
    That is what the current POTUS believes.

  4. “It’s a Very Scary Time For Young Men in America.”

    Yeah, if you are an entitled, white, rich, groping, woman-hating bully.

  5. Avatar for tpr tpr says:

    I don’t get it. Why would it matter how scared women and girls have been – they aren’t men, so their fear is unimportant. /s

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