{"id":240906,"date":"2017-07-17T12:45:00","date_gmt":"2017-07-17T16:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/?p=240906"},"modified":"2017-07-18T16:02:40","modified_gmt":"2017-07-18T20:02:40","slug":"understanding-trumps-comment-to-madame-macron","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/admin.rushlimbaugh.com\/daily\/2017\/07\/17\/understanding-trumps-comment-to-madame-macron\/","title":{"rendered":"Understanding Trump\u2019s Comment to Madame Macron"},"content":{"rendered":"

RUSH: All right, so here\u2019s the story on Trump\u2019s remark to the French first lady. It\u2019s from the Reuters News Agency (they just despise Trump) and the headline is: “Australian Foreign Minister Criticizes Trump\u2019s Remark to French First Lady<\/a> — Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop on Sunday criticized comments by U.S. President Donald Trump on French first lady Brigitte Macron\u2019s appearance. ‘You\u2019re in such good shape,\u2019 Trump was filmed on Thursday telling her during his first state visit to France.”<\/p>\n

\"\"Okay, now, what in the world is…? I mean, what is so wrong with, “You\u2019re in such good shape”? What if she had said that to him? That would have been a compliment, right? “You\u2019re 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\u2019s what this is designed to do is to shut down any kind of speech that anybody — it can be one person — finds offensive.<\/p>\n

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\u2019d be taken aback, I think. It\u2019s a rather interesting comment to make,\u2019 she said.” It has been sexist to comment on a woman\u2019s 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\u2019s appearance. Do not doubt me.<\/p>\n

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\u2019s 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\u2019re in trouble. But as I said, I know what Trump is doing. The woman is 64; her husband is 39. In Realville, that\u2019s unusual. (interruption) Wouldn\u2019t you have to agree? Don\u2019t…? (interruption) Am I even wrong about this? Don\u2019t…? (interruption)<\/p>\n

Am I wrong about…? (interruption) They… (interruption) No. (sigh) No, no. No, no. (interruption) You\u2019re confusing coyotes with… (interruption) No. No, no, no. This Brigitte is not a coyote. You\u2019re getting your things mixed up there. Don\u2019t make me explain this. I\u2019ll have no hope the rest of the day if you make me straighten this one out. What you\u2019re thinking of “coyote ugly,” and that\u2019s a whole different thing. That\u2019s not what this is. Ugly is not… (interruption) That\u2019s what Trump was saying. She looks good, good shape. Look, he goes over there knowing this guy\u2019s 39 and his wife is 64. What do you think…? (interruption) Well…<\/p>\n

(interruption) Oh, you might think she\u2019s a cougar. But in whatever world Trump lives in, that\u2019s unusual. You don\u2019t 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\u2019s almost akin to having no curiosity, not being able to critically think to not having situational awareness.<\/p>\n