Donald Trump is fond of calling women beautiful, and not only when he was in charge of beauty pageants.
In that infamous New York magazine interview about Jeffrey Epstein in 2002, Trump declared of Epstein that “it is even said that he likes beautiful women as much as I do, and many of them are on the younger side.”
Trump has also been known to emphasize that women who were victims of murders and other violent crimes are “beautiful.” He said recently that “beautiful black women” have been asking him to come to Chicago. He even called his signature piece of legislation the “One Big Beautiful Bill” act.
Despite all that use of the word “beautiful,” Trump has been claiming of late that talking that way has the potential to end his political career. He said that back in June, to reporter Hariana Veras during an Oval Office press availability, before stating that he’s “not allowed” to say the very thing he just said.
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“I’m not allowed to say that,” he joked. “You know that could be the end of my political career, but you are beautiful—and you’re beautiful inside. I wish I had more reporters like you.”
Trump to an African reporter: “She’s beautiful … you are beautiful and you’re beautiful inside. I wish I had more reporters like you.” pic.twitter.com/NEsCcxQciv
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) June 27, 2025
Then, on Monday, at the peace summit in Egypt, Trump said something similar, once again stating that in America, calling a woman beautiful can end one’s political career. This time, he was referring to Georgia Meloni, the president of Italy.
BREAKING: In Egypt, Trump just said that if you use the word “beautiful” to describe a woman in America, it’s the end of your political career.
What the hell is he talking about?
World leaders looked confused. pic.twitter.com/2f54CAYi2Z
— Brian Krassenstein (@krassenstein) October 13, 2025
“ if you tell a woman she’s beautiful, your political career is over — but I’ll take my chances. You won’t be offended if I say you’re beautiful, right? Because you are,” Trump said as he introduced the Italian prime minister.
There do not appear to be any real-world examples, even at the height of the #MeToo era, of a politician in the United States having their career come to an end only because they referred to a woman as “beautiful.”
Trump, of course, has been accused of much worse than that, and it didn’t stop him from being elected president twice.
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