Donald Trump and women: a timeline
From multiple archives, we have attempted to reconstruct a detailed history of the relationship between Donald Trump and women, from his beginnings as a real estate developer in New York to the sexist remarks made by the politician. Last updated: June 25, 2019.
"No one has more respect for women than Donald Trump!" Said a certain ... Donald Trump in March 2016. It was almost seven months before the revelations of the “Washington Post” revealing a video recorded in 2005 during the shooting of the program “Access Hollywood” without the billionaire's knowledge, on which he was heard bragging about assaulting sexually from women. “When you're a star, they let you do it,” he said on the tape.
The allegations of sexism, harassment and assaults do not date from the last presidential campaign, but it was on this occasion that the testimonies multiplied. Many women then made public accusations relating to sometimes very old facts. Since his election, President Trump has seen part of his private life the subject of new revelations, especially from former mistresses who claim to have been paid not to say that the star of "The Apprentice" had had with them extra-marital relations.
From testimonies in the press, we have attempted to establish a chronology of relations between Donald Trump and women, whether it is his marriages, his adventures or his alleged misconduct.
"Got Everything I Want", 1976. For the first time, the "New York Times" dedicates a portrait to Donald Trump. The daily, which was regularly called four decades later the "failed New York Times" by the businessman, was rather flattering towards him, presenting him as a rich playboy ready to conquer New York. "He frequents attractive models," notes the Times. "Mr. Trump is single, and does not plan to get married in the near future, although he has said that he sees a woman - a model quite regularly," it is written. "If I meet the right woman, maybe I will get married." But right now, I have everything I want or need, ”says Donald Trump, whose physique compares his physique to Robert Redford.
Marriage to Ivana Zelnickova, 1977. Donald Trump will have three children with her: Donald Jr (born in 1977), Ivanka (born in 1981) and Eric (born in 1984).
An unflattering photo in a drawer, between 1975 and 1985. Louise Sunshine worked for the Trump Organization during the heyday of the construction of the Trump Tower. In November 2015, she praised the merits of Donald Trump in the "Washington Post", assuring, like other former employees, that the billionaire, able to offer positions of responsibility to women, was ahead of his time . One anecdote, however, tarnishes the picture: Louise Sunshine remembered that Donald Trump kept in a drawer an unflattering photograph of his employee, a "fat picture" that the boss waved when his subordinate annoyed him. Then candidate, Trump claimed that this claim was "totally false and ridiculous".
Jessica Leeds, early 1980s. This businesswoman was flying back to New York City, where she found herself sitting next to Donald Trump in first class. After 45 minutes of flight, the billionaire reportedly lifted the armrest to approach her, kiss her and forcibly caress her. “It was like an octopus. His hands were everywhere. It was an assault, "she told the New York Times. Now 74, she was one of the first to testify against him, shortly after the release of the "Access Hollywood" video. “We have accepted this for years. We were told it was our fault. "
"The Art of the deal" or a certain idea of the woman, 1987. In his bestseller, Donald Trump delivered a certain vision of the woman. He described his typical client for the apartments in the Trump Tower, "the rich Italian with the splendid woman and the red Ferrari". He also explained why he had chosen to join The Club, a popular nightclub in the 1970s: “It was the kind of place you were likely to see a rich guy of 75 come in with three Swedish blondes. . "
Trump wants to see his mistress in "Playboy", 1990. While still married to Ivana, Donald Trump wished Marla Maples, his mistress, to pose nude. In an article in the "Sun-Sentinel" in August 1990, an editor of "Playboy" said: "Trump himself negotiated the tariff over the telephone. He wanted her to pose nude. She did not want to." The former beauty queen of Georgia had told it herself, as quoted by the Daily Beast: "'Playboy' offered me two million to pose and ... hey, Donald might have liked that, but it didn't was not for me. It might be good for some women, but it's not the direction I wanted to give my life. ”
Ivana Trump recalls rape, 1991. In the midst of an acrimonious divorce, Ivana Trump accuses her husband of having raped her two years before, but clarifies in the face of the scandal: “In 1989, Mr. Trump and I had a marital relationship during which he behaved in a very different way from what had been his behavior during our marriage. As a woman, I felt abused because the love and tenderness he usually showed me was absent. I said “rape” but I don't want my words to be taken literally or criminally. Any contrary conclusion would be incorrect (...) I do not want the press or the media to distort the facts presented. " "It was just lawyer blah-blah," Ivana Trump added to "Time" in October 2017, still supporting the man who was her husband for 14 years.
On the phone, Donald Trump introduced himself as a spokesperson named John Miller and listed his conquests ... real or imagined
"John Miller" Bragging, 1991. Passing himself off as a spokesperson by the name of John Miller, Donald Trump opens up in the third person to a "People" reporter about his relationship with his mistress Marla Maples , his ongoing divorce from Ivana Trump and other conquests. "Actresses are calling him just to see if he can date them and all," he says. Madonna "wanted to go out with him" and by the way, he would have three more girlfriends. A little boorish, "John Miller" specifies that if Donald Trump offered a ring to Marla Maples, it was not in the prospect of engagement but to "make work [the jewelry] Tiffany and give to Ivana, uh to Marla, something nice ”. Murderer detail: it is when the journalist plays the tape to Marla Maples to verify that it is indeed Trump who is speaking that the young woman hears for the first time her lover publicly announcing the end of their relationship (which will not be anyway only temporary). On the same recording, the bizarre spokesperson claims Carla Bruni is the real estate mogul's new girlfriend. The artist and model has since flatly denied.
Kristin Anderson, early 1990s. Beginning model Kristin Anderson was in a Manhattan nightclub when, she told the Washington Post, Donald Trump walked up to her, slipping his hand through it. her panties. She said she had no doubts about the identity of her attacker: “He had distinctive features, hair and eyebrows. No one had those eyebrows. " Kristin Anderson was stunned by the gesture: “It was not sexual. I don't know why he did this. To prove that he could do anything and that nothing would happen to him. There was no conversation. We didn't even look at each other. It was very mundane, nonchalant on his side. "
Jill Harth, 1992. This makeup artist told the Guardian in July 2016 that she had been the victim of Donald Trump. She had already formulated these accusations in a complaint in 1997, which even denounced an "attempted rape". The facts are said to have taken place in 1992 and 1993, after she met Donald Trump to present him and her then-boyfriend with a business proposal to organize beauty pageants. The billionaire would have multiplied the advances, including in the presence of his boyfriend. Jill Harth accuses Trump of multiple assault on her, citing a 1993 sexual assault in Ivanka's bedroom in Mar-a-Lago, the president's Florida property.
Marriage to Marla Maples, 1993. Donald Trump will have a daughter with her, Tiffany (born in 1993).
Lauren Petrella, 1993. In her 1997 complaint, Jill Harth mentions the case of Lauren Petrella, a contestant in the beauty contest who was staying at Mar-a-Lago one evening in January 1993. Donald Trump is said to have invited himself into the bed of the 22 year old young woman. George Houraney, Jill Harth's then boyfriend, who co-hosted the beauty pageant, told the Boston Globe in April 2016 that Lauren Petrella had warned him of Donald Trump's behavior. “I went to see him and I said, 'Donald, what are you doing?' He said to me, "What do you mean?" He said, “She told me she never slept with a guy the first night. She's been here for two days. " I didn't know what to say, it's so silly. When he started hitting on them, I said, “Donald, none of that in my event. Or I wouldn't throw parties at your house anymore. "" Lauren Petrella did not respond to the "Boston Globe". Jill Harth's complaint was ultimately withdrawn as part of a settlement related to another proceeding. Jill Harth, however, told The Globe in 2016 that she maintains "everything that is written on the plain or [she] [wouldn't] have signed it." The billionaire has never hidden that he did not hesitate to invite himself behind the scenes of his beauty pageants. On a radio show in 2005 he said, "I go backstage and everybody get dressed and everything and you know there's no other man I'm allowed to go because that I am the owner of the contest and I am inspecting. You know, I inspect to make sure everything is okay. "
The legs of Tiffany, 1994. In September 1994, Donald Trump wonders about the physique of his daughter Tiffany, aged 11 months: "She has the legs of Marla", he affirms in a televised interview exhumed by the "Daily Mail". Then, pointing to his chest, he notes, "She doesn't have that part yet, but time will tell."
E. Jean Carroll, late 1995-early 1996. "Elle" columnist and television presenter, E. Jean Carroll was 52 when she ran into Donald Trump in a chic New York store. "Come and advise me, I must buy a gift", launches the billionaire, according to the story published in June 2019 in the magazine "New York". He asks the reporter to try on lingerie. She replies: "Try, you." She writes that she was amused and then really thought that Donald Trump was going to put on a bodysuit over his pants. In the dressing room, however, Donald Trump rushes at her and penetrates her, she says. "The whole sequence does not last more than three minutes", writes E. Jean Carroll. Having managed to repel the aggressor, she escapes. Explaining the context at length, she specifies that she did not notify the police at the time. Two of her friends did know, however. She admits that she has not previously recounted this rape out of "cowardice", referring to the fate of women who have testified against Trump, especially since 2016. The President of the United States has denied the charges in an interview with "The Hill ”. “I'm going to say that with a lot of respect. One is not my type of woman. Two, that never happened. It never happened, OK? ”
Lisa Boyne, 1996. The 25-year-old woman recounted a scene involving Donald Trump to the Huffington Post during the presidential campaign. According to his account, the billionaire took advantage of an evening in a restaurant with several models to look under their skirts and multiply the comments on their underwear and their private parts. “I have met a lot of famous, rich and influential people (...) and none has ever been so vulgar, disgusting, rude, sexist (...) I was deeply shocked, I thought that as for Bill Cosby, the more there would be testimonies, the more the story would appear legitimate ”, explained Lisa Boyne in 2016. The spokesperson for Donald Trump at the time, Hope Hicks, denied the evoked facts. Two other witnesses contacted by the Huffington Post said they had no recollection of it.
Miss Universe renamed "Miss Piggy", 1996. After her victory in the Miss Universe pageant in 1996, Alicia Machado suffered the ire of Donald Trump. His fault: having gained weight. So the owner of the beauty pageant set out to get the young woman to exercise, including in front of the television cameras. An excerpt shows the billionaire explaining, without actually giving him the floor, how the beauty queen is going to get into sport. In 2016, Alicia Machado claimed that Donald Trump then nicknamed her "Miss Piggy", "Miss Housekeeper" or "Miss Eating Machine". In defense, the billionaire insulted her again. "It was the worst," he told Fox News. "She gained a lot of weight and we had a real problem with her".
Cathy Heller, 1997. It was after the publication of the video for "Access Hollywood" that the 60-year-old decided to testify in the "Guardian" of an episode almost 20 years old. Cathy Heller recounted having crossed paths with Donald Trump at a brunch in Mar-a-Lago in 1997. She remembers Donald Trump waving to the members of his Florida club when he approached the table where, with her husband , her three children and her in-laws, she celebrated Mother's Day. As she reached out to greet the real estate mogul, the real estate mogul reportedly pulled her over to kiss him. Seeing that Cathy Heller was trying to escape his kiss, he would have blurted out: "Oh come on!" before kissing her on the corner of the lips. Cathy Heller explained that she chose to testify because Donald Trump had seemed to her to feel "entitled" to kiss her, a feeling echoed in the video for "Access Hollywood". "I kiss. I'm not even waiting, ”he said on this recording.
Temple Taggart, 1997. In a long New York Times article devoted to Donald Trump's attitude towards women, this ex-Miss Utah testifies to the billionaire's inappropriate actions. “He kissed me directly on the lips. I was like, “Oh my God, yucky.” He was married to Marla Maples at the time. I believe a few other girls were kissed on the mouth. I was like, 'Wow, this is out of place,' "she told The Times. Temple Taggart claims that shortly thereafter Donald Trump kissed her on the lips again, this time on a date at Trump Tower.
Some participants of the Miss Teen USA contest, 1997. According to a survey by Buzzfeed, which in 2016 contacted 49 of the 51 participants in this beauty contest for teenagers or very young women, eight witnesses said they saw Donald Trump enter the locker room during the 1997 edition. Five women openly confirmed this episode. The contestants were between 15 and 19 years old. According to Mariah Billado, one of them, Trump would have launched a line: "Don't worry ladies, I've seen all this before." Buzzfeed notes that this behind-the-scenes episode is the first that involved minors.
Karena Virginia, 1998. Testifying in the fall of 2016 after the release of the "Access Hollywood" video, the 27-year-old woman in 1998 recounted events that occurred that year during the US Open tennis tournament, in Queens. Karena Virginia claimed that while she was waiting for a car, Donald Trump approached her. She had never met him. Speaking to his friends accompanying him, the billionaire reportedly said, "Hey look at that one, we've never seen it before!" Look at those legs! ” He would then have grabbed her, then touched one of her breasts. “You don't know who I am?” Trump then reportedly said. Karena Virginia was able to pull away and get in her car. "The shock turned to shame," she said.
Brief separation with Melania Knauss, 2000. In November 1999, Donald Trump willingly paraded with Melania Knauss on his arm, his last conquest. The "New York Times" had even reported his presence on the billionaire's presidential campaign. Then candidate of the (tiny) Reform Party, the New Yorker already saw himself in the White House. The future Melania Trump, 29, was already playing the "first ladies", claiming that Donald would make a good president. But the billionaire must have grown tired of the Slovenian model: in January 2000, the "New York Post" reported on the couple's breakup. "She's a great girl, but Donald needs to be free for a while. He didn't want to get attached, "said a source described as" close to Trump. " "They may reconcile later. But the odds might be better at roulette at one of Trump's casinos, "said another quote from the" Post. " The separation will only last two weeks.
Donald Trump has multiplied the gritty allusions about his daughter Ivanka
Bridget Sullivan, 2000. Miss New Hampshire, Bridget Sullivan, in February 2000 participated in the Miss USA pageant, then owned by Donald Trump. She told several media outlets how the billionaire slipped behind the scenes, while the contestants changed. “When he got into the locker room it was particularly shocking. We were all naked, ”she told Buzzfeed. "He stroked you low on the back" then "pinched like a pervert uncle".
Tasha Dixon, 2001. The accusations of the then 18-year-old Miss Arizona are similar to those of Bridget Sullivan. "We didn't have a second to put on a bathrobe or clothes or whatever," she said.
Mindy McGillivray, 2003. Assistant to photographer Ken Davidoff during a session at Mar-a-Lago, the young woman said that Donald Trump grabbed her buttocks during the event. "It is important that we have high expectations for this man, and if 16 women spoke, why was nothing done? Where is our investigation? I demand justice ”, she declared in December 2017, questioned by Megyn Kelly.
Paris Hilton was "really beautiful" ... at age 12, 2004. Guest on Howard Stern's radio show in 2004, Donald Trump remembers being struck by his meeting with Paris Hilton when she was only 12 years old. . "Well, at 12, I wasn't interested, that was never my thing ... But she was really beautiful," says Trump.
Ivanka, the recurring obsession. In 2004, at Howard Stern, Donald Trump bragged: “You know who is one of the most beautiful women in the world, according to everyone? And I helped make it: Ivanka, my daughter Ivanka. She measures 1m80, she has the most beautiful body. " He laughs when the host calls the 23-year-old a "hot piece of ass". On the set of 'The View' in 2006, Donald Trump blurted out: 'Ivanka posing for' Playboy 'would be a real disappointment ... not really. But that would depend on what's in the magazine. [...] I don't think she would, even though she has a very beautiful body. I've said before that if Ivanka wasn't my daughter, I would probably go out with her. " In 2013, speaking on the set of Wendy Williams about their similarities, Donald Trump smiled: "I was going to say the sex but I can not relate it too much to her." Two years later, to a journalist from “Rolling Stone” who spoke to him about his daughter during the campaign, he let go: “She is really apart, what a beauty, that one. If I wasn't happy in marriage and, you know, her father ... "
Marriage to Melania Knauss, 2005. Donald Trump will have a son with her, Barron (born 2006).
"When you're a star, they let you do it", 2005. In a recording obtained by the "Washington Post", we hear Donald Trump talking with host Billy Bush during the shooting of the show "Access Hollywood". “I am automatically drawn to beauty, I embrace them. It's like a magnet. I kiss. I don't even wait. And when you're a star, she lets you do it. You can do what you want. Catch them by the pussy. You can do whatever you want, ”says Donald Trump.
Rachel Crooks, 2005. Secretary working in the Trump Tower, Rachel Crooks wanted to greet Donald Trump by passing him in the building. The handshake, she said, turned into a kiss and then a forced kiss on the mouth. One of the president's earliest accusers, she got into politics herself and plans to run for elected office in the Ohio Congress in the November 2018 election.
Jennifer Murphy, 2005. A candidate for season 4 of "The Apprentice" after being spotted by Trump himself in a Miss USA pageant, she interviewed him. Professional date that ended with a forced kiss on the lips. "He walked me back to the elevator and I said goodbye to him. I thought he was going to hug me but he took my face in his hands and kissed me. I was like "ok". I didn't know how to react. I was a little surprised and probably blushed, ”the then engaged woman told“ Grazia ”. She turned down Donald Trump's job offers but said at the time of her testimony that she still intended to vote for him: “He's very charismatic. He has a lot of charm in real life. "
Natasha Stoynoff, 2005. Author and reporter for "People", she traveled to Mar-a-Lago in 2005 to write a story about Donald and Melania Trump, newlyweds and soon to be parents. While Melania, pregnant with their son Barron, left for a few minutes to change, Trump jumped on Natasha Stoynoff: “We entered this room alone, and Trump closed the door behind us. I turned around and within seconds he was pinning me against the wall and stuck his tongue in my mouth, "she wrote in" People. " Once Melania returned, "Donald instantly went back into caring husband mode, as if nothing had happened, and we continued our interview about their marital bliss. I nodded at his words and smiled at his jokes, but I was nauseous. " "Shameful," Natasha Stoynoff did not file a complaint but asked the magazine to stop covering the couple's news.
Samantha Holvey, 2006. Miss North Carolina has, like other beauty queens, a bad memory of the passage of Donald Trump behind the scenes of the Miss USA pageant, but also of their first meeting: “He looked at me like a man. piece of meat. I was shocked and disgusted. I had never felt so considered as an object. I left hoping that this would be the first and last time I saw him. "
Jessica Drake, 2006. This pornstar was invited, like Donald Trump, to a golf tournament in Lake Tahoe, California. She says she was forcibly kissed by Trump, who allegedly offered her $ 10,000 and the option of using his private plane to spend the night with her. She declined the offer.
Stormy Daniels, 2006. The pornographic actress was invited to the same golf tournament as Jessica Drake. According to Stormy Daniels, her meeting with Trump marked the beginning of a nearly one-year affair with the billionaire. To silence this infidelity, 130,000 dollars were offered to Stormy Daniels, ten days before the election, in October 2016. But the young woman rebelled: ready to reimburse the money in exchange for the cancellation of the confidentiality agreement, she says she was intimidated and threatened physically. On August 21, 2018, former Donald Trump lawyer Michael Cohen admitted under oath that he had made the payment "in coordination and at the request" of the candidate.
Ninni Laaksonen, 2006. Guest on David Letterman's show, Donald Trump arrived with four beauty queens including Ninni Laaksonen, Miss Finland. Before entering the set, the five of them took a photo: “Trump was next to me and grabbed my butt suddenly. He really grabbed my butt. I don't think it was seen, but I was startled wondering what had happened, "she told Finnish media" Ilta-Sanomat "in October 2016. “Someone told me that Trump liked me because I looked like Melania when she was younger. It disgusted me, "she added.
Karen McDougal, 2006. This former playmate testified shortly after the Stormy Daniels case. She said she also had an affair with the future president around the same time after they met in 2006 while filming an episode of "The Apprentice." They would have seen each other again in a bungalow at the Beverly Hills Hotel in Los Angeles - he also offered her money - and then at the Playboy Mansion, at a party where Donald Trump had come with Melania and some of his children. One of their meetings would have taken place at the Trump Tower, in the absence of his wife and their son: "We passed a room and he told me it was Melania's, whom she liked to have. time to her, ”she said, according to the“ New Yorker ”. Lawyer Michael Cohen admitted in August 2018 to having participated in a montage to buy the young woman's testimony. Karen McDougal said Donald Trump compared her to his daughter Ivanka. "He said I was beautiful like her, said, 'You are a brilliant girl.' (...) I've heard a lot about her. " Stormy Daniels said, "He told me I was beautiful and bright, like his daughter."
Summer Zervos, 2007. Former "The Apprentice" candidate Summer Zervos had asked to see Donald Trump again, looking for a job. Their interview at Trump Tower ended with two forced kisses and another date, this time at the Beverly Hills Hotel in Los Angeles. "He kissed me full on the mouth. I pushed his chest back to put some space between us and said, "Come on, be realistic." He repeated my words, 'be realistic', while rubbing up against me. " They then had dinner and Summer Zervos was offered a job for half the pay she claimed: "I felt like I was penalized for not sleeping with him."
"He probably does not want me to tell about this time when he kept touching my buttocks"
Angelina Jolie is "not a beauty", 2007. Interviewed by Larry King on CNN, Donald Trump pours his contempt on the actress: "Angelina Jolie, it's incredible because everyone thinks she is a great beauty . I'm not saying she's not flirty, but she's not a beauty, so don't overdo it. And now she's kind of a representative of the United Nations and world peace against hunger and all that bullshit. "
Some participants of the Miss USA contest, 2013.Yahoo! News spotted a message posted in June 2016 on Facebook by Cassandra Searles, Miss Washington and participant of the Miss USA 2013 contest. The young woman, who had included in the message 43 other participants, had written: “You remember that time when we had to show up on stage but there was this guy who treated us like cattle and kept making us start over because we weren't looking him in the eye? Do you also remember how he aligned us so that he could closely inspect his possessions? " Some participants indicated, in response to the message, that they were not shocked. Others, on the other hand, said they had "nightm
ares" or said that "it was all very real and terrifying." Cassandra Searles added a comment that said, "He probably doesn't want me to tell about that time he kept touching my butt and inviting me into his hotel room."
A campaign under the sign of sexism, 2015 and 2016. Candidate Donald Trump has multiplied sexist remarks and insults. His prime target was Hillary Clinton, renamed "The Corrupt Hillary," a nickname he still uses today as the Democrat disappeared from the political scene (as of August 24, 2018, a search on TrumpTwitterArchive.com indicates 67 occurrences since his election on November 8, 2016). He for example criticized the "appearance" of his opponent and his supposed lack of "energy".
Other women have been targeted. Journalist Megyn Kelly angered Trump for daring to question him about his sexist attacks during a televised debate in August 2015. “She asked me all kinds of ridiculous questions, you could see blood coming out of her eyes, blood come out of his ... wherever it is, ”the candidate had exploded a posteriori.
Another victim of Trumpian vitriol: Republican primary candidate Carly Fiorina, who was the target of the septuagenarian's mockery in front of a “Rolling Stone” journalist in September 2015. “Look at that face. Who would vote for it? Can you imagine that as the face of our next president? I mean, she’s a woman and I’m not supposed to speak badly, but frankly, folks, are we serious here? ”Trump said.
In March 2016, Donald Trump also promised to "throw it all" on the wife of his Republican rival, Ted Cruz. He then retweeted an image comparing an unflattering photo of Heidi Cruz to a snap of Melania Trump. “A picture is better than a thousand words,” the caption said.
Candidate Trump had also shared his beliefs about sexual harassment. Prior to the Weinstein affair, Fox News boss and Donald Trump's close friend Roger Ailes had been the subject of numerous accusations. Trump had defended him, including when a "USA Today" reporter asked him how he would have reacted if his daughter Ivanka had been subjected to Ailes' treatment of her subordinates. "I like to believe that she would change careers or companies if that happened," replied the future president.
'The beautiful smile' of an Irish journalist, 2017. In a telephone conversation with the new Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar, President Donald Trump apostrophes an Irish journalist in the Oval Office, CaitrÃona Perry of RTÉ. “We have all this great Irish press. Where are you from? She has a really nice smile so I bet she treats you well. ”
The facelift of the "crazy low IQ" presenter, 2017. Very annoyed by the criticisms of the presenter of MSNBC Mika Brzezinski, Donald Trump attacked her with a sexist tweet: "I heard that the show at bad audiences "Morning Joe" spoke ill of me (I don't watch anymore). So why Mika the crazy low IQ, and Joe the psycho, came to Mar-a-Lago three nights in a row on New Years, insisted on joining me. She was bleeding badly from a facelift. I said no!" Comments which earned him reproaches from his opponents, but also from Republicans like the senator of South Carolina Lindsey Graham, who had denounced a tweet "not worthy of the function".
Omarosa relegated to the rank of "dog", 2018. Furious that his former advisor publishes recordings made without his knowledge in the White House, Donald Trump does not mince his words to criticize her: "When you give to a crazy failure and in tears a job at the White House doesn't work. Good decision from General Kelly to quickly fire this dog! " Donald Trump, who holds dogs in bad esteem, often qualifies those of his opponents whom he wishes to dehumanize.
