Trump's documented statements degrading and objectifying women

Synthesis

A running, sourced collection of things Donald Trump has said, on tape or under oath, that objectify, demean or sexualize women, from 2004 radio appearances and the 2005 Access Hollywood tape through his 2022 deposition and insults aimed at women reporters in November 2025. Each entry is a quote with a date and source; a jury found him liable for sexual abuse and defamation of E. Jean Carroll, and he denies all allegations of assault.

On tape (2004–2005)
2004, Howard Stern Show, about 18-year-old actress Lindsay Lohan: "She's probably deeply troubled and therefore great in bed. How come the deeply troubled women... they're always the best in bed?"
2005, Howard Stern Show, on walking into pageant dressing rooms he owned: "I sort of get away with things like that." Former contestants including Miss Arizona 2001 Tasha Dixon, Miss New Hampshire 2000 Bridget Sullivan and Miss Vermont Teen USA 1997 Mariah Billado later said he entered while contestants were changing; some 1997 Miss Teen USA contestants disputed the claims.
2005, Access Hollywood recording (made public Oct. 7, 2016): "I just start kissing them. It's like a magnet. Just kiss. I don't even wait." and "When you're a star they let you do it. You can do anything." He then describes grabbing women by the genitals, using a vulgar term.

Under oath: E. Jean Carroll deposition (Oct. 2022)
Trump testified: "She said it was very sexy to be raped. Didn't she say that?" Asked by Carroll's lawyer Roberta Kaplan to confirm it was his testimony that Carroll said she loved being sexually assaulted, he answered: "Well, based on her interview with Anderson Cooper, I believe that's what took place."
What Carroll actually said on CNN in June 2019, when Cooper pressed her on avoiding the word "rape," was: "I think most people think of rape as being sexy. Think of the fantasies." She was describing how people think of rape, not saying she enjoyed what happened to her.
Asked about the Access Hollywood remark that stars can grab women, he answered: "Well, historically, that's true with stars," and when asked if he considered himself a star, "I think you can say that. Yeah."
In the same deposition he said of another accuser, Jessica Leeds, "She would not be my first choice that I can touch," and told Carroll's lawyer, "You wouldn't be a choice of mine either, to be honest with you."

Court outcome (status as of Oct. 2026)
A 2023 jury verdict of $5 million for Carroll is now final: the Supreme Court denied certiorari on June 30, 2026, in an unexplained order with no written dissent.
A separate $83.3 million defamation award, upheld by the Second Circuit in September 2025, is the subject of a pending Supreme Court petition by Trump.

As president: women reporters (Nov. 2025)
Aboard Air Force One in November 2025, as Bloomberg's Catherine Lucey asked about the Epstein files, Trump said: "Quiet. Quiet, piggy." A White House official said Lucey had behaved unprofessionally toward colleagues but offered no specifics.
On Nov. 26, 2025, on Truth Social, Trump wrote of New York Times reporter Katie Rogers: "The writer of the story, Katie Rogers, who is assigned to write only bad things about me, is a third rate reporter who is ugly, both inside and out."

Rivals and journalists (2015)
Aug. 7–8, 2015, CNN interview with Don Lemon, about Fox News moderator Megyn Kelly after the Aug. 6 debate: "You could see there was blood coming out of her eyes, blood coming out of her wherever." He later said he meant her nose.
Sept. 10, 2015, Rolling Stone, about rival candidate Carly Fiorina: "Look at that face. Would anyone vote for that? Can you imagine that, the face of our next president?"

In his own tweets (2012–2018)
Oct. 28, 2012, about singer Bette Midler: "@BetteMidler talks about my hair but I'm not allowed to talk about her ugly face or body --- so I won't. Is this a double standard?"
Apr. 20, 2014, about publisher Arianna Huffington: "Arianna Huffington is ugly both inside and out!"
Jan. 27, 2016, about Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly: "I refuse to call Megyn Kelly a bimbo, because that would not be politically correct. Instead I will only call her a lightweight reporter!"
June 29, 2017, as president, about MSNBC host Mika Brzezinski: "low I.Q. Crazy Mika, along with Psycho Joe, came... to Mar-a-Lago 3 nights in a row around New Year's Eve, and insisted on joining me. She was bleeding badly from a face-lift. I said no!"
Oct. 16, 2018, as president, about Stormy Daniels: "now I can go after Horseface and her 3rd rate lawyer in the Great State of Texas... She knows nothing about me, a total con!"

In his own Truth Social posts (2025–2026)
Dec. 8, 2025, about Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene after she broke with him: "The only reason Marjorie 'Traitor' Brown (Green turns Brown under stress!) went BAD is that she was JILTED by the President of the United States (Certainly not the first time she has been jilted!)."
Feb. 25, 2026, about Reps. Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib after the State of the Union: "they had the bulging, bloodshot eyes of crazy people, LUNATICS, mentally deranged and sick who, frankly, look like they should be institutionalized," adding that "we should send them back from where they came."
Apr. 16, 2026, about Fox News analyst Jessica Tarlov: "one of the Least Attractive and Talented People on all of Television... Her voice is so grating and terrible, I had to 'turn her off!'... GET HER OFF THE AIR."

Repeated phrasing (computed by the site from the public archives)
The insult "ugly... both inside and out" recurs across twelve years in his own posts: Arianna Huffington (Twitter, Apr. 20, 2014) and Katie Rogers (Truth Social, Nov. 26, 2025), with a variant, "unattractive person, both inside and out," about George Conway on June 24, 2026. This is the site's own search of the archives, not a news report; see the hub entry for method and further counts.

At a rally (Oct. 3, 2026)
At an Ohio rally on Oct. 3, 2026, right after saying "I know more about inflation, I know more about everything than anybody in this room, anybody anywhere in the world," Trump pointed to a woman in the audience: "there's a woman sitting right over there that she's a housewife, but she's very good, she's got a natural instinct for business. She perhaps knows more than I do, but I actually don't think so." Quotes are from a transcript of the video; the venue (Vandalia) comes from social-media clips and is not stated in the transcript.

Perspectives

Defender — Donald Trump and his campaign (2016); Trump's legal team
Trump's stated explanation, as he gave it: the Access Hollywood remarks were private "locker room talk" that he apologized for; he denies ever assaulting anyone; he calls the Carroll case a politically motivated hoax and is appealing; and he says Carroll's own CNN interview is what he was reacting to. Editor's note: there is no defense for this behavior. This entry records his explanations as his own statements only.

Critic — Press-freedom and women-journalist groups (e.g., IWMF)
Gendered insults aimed at reporters who ask about Epstein are an attempt to silence and demean women in the press, and the pattern has real effects on how women journalists are treated.

Editorial read — The Author (site author), thesis
The author's thesis: there is no real defense for these statements. The explanations above ("locker room talk," "hoax," "reacting to Carroll's interview") are recorded because Trump and his allies gave them, not because they hold up against the quotes, the deposition or the jury verdict. In the author's view, people who defend this behavior are pandering to Trump.

Research notes
Where to find every post: Trump Twitter archive data (2009–Jan. 2021) at https://github.com/MarkHershey/CompleteTrumpTweetsArchive and CNN's Truth Social archive (Feb. 2022–present) at https://ix.cnn.io/data/truth-social/truth_archive.json. This entry only links to specific posts and reporting; it does not analyze them. Open leads: Stern archive (Ivanka remarks 2004), Alicia Machado 2016, Rosie O'Donnell. The "freckles" line in the Lohan clip is caption-only in the source video and not yet matched to a transcript.

Note
Trump has denied all assault allegations and called the Access Hollywood remarks "locker room talk"; his explanations are recorded where he gave them.

Sources
[1] Bustle — transcript of the Access Hollywood tape (https://www.bustle.com/articles/188425-transcript-of-donald-trump-access-hollywood-host-billy-bush-talking-about-women-is-as-lewd) · 2016-10-07
[2] Newsweek — Trump on 18-year-old Lindsay Lohan (Howard Stern, 2004) (https://www.newsweek.com/lindsay-lohan-donald-trump-comment-996054)
[3] TIME — Trump and the Miss USA dressing rooms (https://time.com/4528075/donald-trump-miss-usa-naked/)
[4] Above the Law — Trump's unsealed Carroll deposition (https://abovethelaw.com/2023/01/trump-is-characteristically-gross-and-weird-about-sexual-assault-in-unsealed-deposition/) · 2023-01
[5] Mediaite — key moments from Trump's deposition (https://www.mediaite.com/news/5-key-moments-from-trumps-bombshell-rape-trial-deposition/)
[6] Fox News — Carroll's 2019 CNN interview (https://www.foxnews.com/politics/cnn-cuts-to-commercial-trump-accuser-jean-carroll-calls-rape-sexy.amp) · 2019-06
[7] JURIST — Supreme Court declines Trump appeal of $5M Carroll verdict (https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/06/scotus-declines-trump-appeal-of-5m-e-jean-carroll-verdict/) · 2026-06
[8] IWMF — "Quiet, piggy": Trump and Bloomberg's Catherine Lucey (https://www.iwmf.org/2025/11/quiet-piggy-trump-faces-criticism-for-insulting-female-bloomberg-reporter-asking-question-on-epstein/) · 2025-11
[9] WION — Trump on NYT reporter Katie Rogers (https://www.wionews.com/world/trump-slights-another-female-reporter-calls-her-ugly-both-inside-and-out-1764185627326) · 2025-11-26
[10] Fortune — Trump on Fiorina: "Look at that face" (https://www.fortune.com/2015/09/10/trump-on-fiorina-look-at-that-face-would-anyone-vote-for-that) · 2015-09-10
[11] The Hill — Trump on Megyn Kelly: "blood coming out of her wherever" (https://digital-release.thehill.com/?p=250641) · 2015-08-08
[12] Trump on Twitter, Oct. 28, 2012 (Bette Midler) (https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/262583859709882369) · 2012-10-28
[13] Trump on Twitter, Apr. 20, 2014 (Arianna Huffington) (https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/458031670164459521) · 2014-04-20
[14] Trump on Twitter, Jan. 27, 2016 (Megyn Kelly) (https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/692312112115380224) · 2016-01-27
[15] Trump on Twitter, June 29, 2017 (Mika Brzezinski), part 2 (https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/880410114456465411) · 2017-06-29
[16] Trump on Twitter, Oct. 16, 2018 (Stormy Daniels) (https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1052213711295930368) · 2018-10-16
[17] Trump on Truth Social, Nov. 26, 2025 (Katie Rogers) (https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/115616545250020843) · 2025-11-26
[18] Trump on Truth Social, Dec. 8, 2025 (Marjorie Taylor Greene) (https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/115684406134734247) · 2025-12-08
[19] Trump on Truth Social, Feb. 25, 2026 (Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib) (https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/116132366318011545) · 2026-02-25
[20] Trump on Truth Social, Apr. 16, 2026 (Jessica Tarlov) (https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/116416736627974477) · 2026-04-16
[21] Complete Trump Tweets Archive (2009–Jan. 2021) (https://github.com/MarkHershey/CompleteTrumpTweetsArchive)
[22] CNN Truth Social archive (Feb. 2022–present) (https://ix.cnn.io/data/truth-social/truth_archive.json)
[23] Video of Trump's Ohio rally, Oct. 3, 2026 (YouTube) (https://youtu.be/D9IpEhA49-s) · 2026-10-03

Connections

Same context — DOJ/FBI handling of the Epstein files
The November 2025 insults to women reporters came in response to their Epstein-files questions.

Shared mechanism — Synthesis: manosphere ideas becoming government policy
Both document how attitudes toward women expressed by Trump and allies show up in rhetoric and policy.

Same actor — Trump and Zohran Mamdani: from threats to cordial meetings (2025–2026)
Author's thesis: Trump's harshest rhetoric is aimed at people he can pressure, and softens toward those he cannot; compare with this entry.

Same actor — Trump demanding money from companies and his own government while president
The ABC/Disney settlement stemmed from Trump's defamation suit over characterization of the Carroll verdict.

Same actor — Trump's documented degrading and dehumanizing statements about people (hub)
Women-focused companion entry; same speaker and pattern.