Demonstrating once again that he is, at heart, little more than a classless boor, Donald Trump managed to toss out a casual insult to all women as he spoke to a crowd of fans who had been gathered at Boeing for a “rally” in Charleston, South Carolina.
Standing in front of the newly unveiled Boeing 787 to chants of “USA, USA,” Trump first lavished praise on the company’s workers for making planes in America:
"We want products made by our workers, in our factories, stamped with those four magnificent words: Made in the USA," Trump told Boeing workers and dignitaries in a speech
Except the 787 really isn’t “made in America.” As many on Twitter pointed out, the supplier chain for the 787 is rather more cosmopolitan, with major components coming from Japan, Italy, Korea, India, Australia, and Canada.
In fact, as pointed out in Business Insider:
The Dreamliner is like the United Nations of planes:
- Its wings and batteries come from Japan.
- Its wing tips come from South Korea.
- India is the source of its floor beams.
- The front fuselage is made in the US and Japan.
- The center fuselage and horizontal stabilizers are from Italy.
- Landing gear and doors? France.
- Cargo access doors are built in Sweden.
- The wing/body fairings, which cover gaps on the body, are from Canada.
- The movable trailing edge of the wings are from Canada, except when they're from the US or Australia.
- Thrust reversers come from Mexico.
- Its engines come from either General Electric in the US or Rolls-Royce in the UK.
But the truly cringe-worthy moment came as he lavished praise on Air Force One, which he compared to the new Dreamliner, even though it was...wait for it... 30 years old.
And I’m being very, very serious -- the new Air Force One, that plane, as beautiful as it looks, is 30 years old. Can you believe it? What can look so beautiful at 30? An airplane. (Laughter.) I don't know. Which one do we like better folks? Tell me. (Applause.)
The remark was reminiscent of his past comments to Howard Stern, when he referred to women who’ve reached age 35 as hitting their expiration date.
His base, of course, ate it up. Many women? Not so much...
The “joke,” of course, was quickly mocked on Twitter. “Trump just said ‘what else looks so good at 30?’ We know it's not his wives. That’s their age when he starts shopping for newer a model,” one person on Twitter tweeted, while another added: “When #Trump says only an Airplane can look this good at 30 😂 Great message for us #women.”
Anyone who expects this guy to “grow” into the office is going to be disappointed. Once a pig, always a pig, as Lawrence O’Donnell pointed out: