Even more distressing than his words below is his sense of entitlement to women’s bodies without their consent.
Trump mentions an attempt to seduce a woman who was not named in the conversation, saying that he “moved on her” and failed.
He goes on to describe his seduction technique, which apparently involved furniture shopping and did not succeed.
“I moved on her like a bitch, but I couldn’t get there. And she was married,” Trump tells Bush. “Then all of a sudden I see her, she’s now got the big phony tits and everything. She’s totally changed her look.”
When the conversation turns to the looks of Arianne Zucker, the “Days of Our Lives” actress waiting for them on the set, Trump said, “You know I’m automatically attracted to beautiful — 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 later adds. “Grab them by the pussy. You can do anything.”
And Josh Marshall reminds us:
This is a good moment to remember: long before the 2016 election cycle got under way one woman, his estranged wife, had accused Trump under oath of raping her and another had accused him, again under oath, of sexual assault and attempted rape.
Sounds about right.