(Common Dreams) — With President Donald Trump in Paris on Friday for his second day being hosted by French President Emmanuel Macron on Bastille Day, people across the world are collectively cringing—and expressing outrage—after a widely-circulated video showed Trump objectifying the French First Lady.
Trump was seen Thursday telling Brigitte Macron, “You’re in such good shape,” before turning to her husband and saying, “She’s in such good physical shape. Beautiful.”
While some have dismissed the remark as a simple compliment to Ms. Macron, the comment is the latest in a string of incidents in which the president appears to view women as objects whose value lies only in their physical appearance.
