Trump’s 'shocking' comments about women eerily similar to those of alleged sex trafficker

The Manosphere is comprised of a variety of competing anti-feminist ideologies, from PUAs (pickup artists) to MGTOW (Men Going Their Own Way). PUAs and MGTOW, for all their disagreements, consider themselves "red pill" ideologies — while incels (so-called "involuntary celibates") call their belief system "the black pill."

Kickboxer Andrew Tate, who has been facing sex trafficking allegations in Romania (his adopted country), is among the most prominent — and controversial — PUA figures in the Manosphere. And according to Wired's David Gilbert, the Trump campaign's rhetoric about women is sounding a lot like Tate's.

Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio), Trump's running mate, has been inundated with scathing criticism in response to his "childless cat ladies" and "childless Democrats" attacks from 2021 and 2022. In a series of interviews, Vance repeatedly slammed women who decide against having children as bad for the United States. And Vance even said that Americans who don't have biological children should be "punished" via tax hikes.

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Gilbert notes that Tate, similarly, described women who don't want children as "miserable stupid b—es."

Tate, on the "Fresh and Fit" podcast, said, "Life without children... is inane, and it's pointless…. If you sit here and genuinely think you're going to work your ass off through your fertile years and by the age of 54, you're not going to be suicidal, alone with a cat, then you are dumb."

Gilbert explains, "Trump, for his part, is reported to have repeatedly called Harris a 'b—' in private and has called women 'dumb' as well as 'crazy' and 'low IQ' on multiple occasions. In the past month alone, Trump has called Harris 'low IQ' and 'dumb as a rock' at rallies and in social media posts. Trump once referred to former White House aide Omarosa Manigault Newman as a 'crazed, crying lowlife.' He also called her a 'dog.'"

The Wired reporter notes that Tate "has repeatedly compared women to dogs."

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Gilbert points out that "both Trump and Tate have been accused by multiple women of sexual misconduct."

"Trump has been found in court to have sexually abused E. Jean Carroll, and just last week, Romanian authorities opened another investigation into Tate in relation to accusations of trafficking women as young as 15," Gilbert observes. "Trump and Tate appear to be aligned on another subject: porn."

Gilbert continues, "Tate, who is facing allegations of sexually exploiting women by forcing them to make pornographic videos for financial gain, has long railed against what he sees as the evils of pornography…. Should Trump succeed in retaking the White House in November's election, he could seek to criminalize porn, according to the 922-page Project 2025 document that outlines plans for a second Trump term."

"It's shocking to see rhetoric typically reserved for the annals of internet forums repeated by some of the most powerful politicians in America," Nina Jankowitz, who was the former disinformation czar for President Joe Biden's administration, told Wired. "Well beyond the presidential race, these sorts of attacks aim to denigrate women and their value as human beings, and aim to encourage women to stay out of politics and public life. They have no place in our politics."

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Read David Gilbert's full article for Wired at this link.