With this (literally) decades old allegation from Carroll that trump tried to rape her, POTUS' response was:
"I'll say it with great respect: Number one, she's not my type. Number two, it never happened"
Basically it's the defense that she's so ugly he wouldn't rape her even if he had the chance. He's taking a lot of flack for that response, but was it really that bad of a retort in terms of legitimacy?
I get why it's a horrible thing to say and it alludes that there are "types" of women that he would rape. But as a criminal allegation defense, and coming from this guy, it almost seems like the best, most believable thing he could say to prove his innocence. If anything, coming from him, I think I'd believe him now over any other excuse he could have made.
Again, for most people it's not a defense. But in his particular case, given his character, history etc, it actually feels legit. And that's also scary.
"I'll say it with great respect: Number one, she's not my type. Number two, it never happened"
Basically it's the defense that she's so ugly he wouldn't rape her even if he had the chance. He's taking a lot of flack for that response, but was it really that bad of a retort in terms of legitimacy?
I get why it's a horrible thing to say and it alludes that there are "types" of women that he would rape. But as a criminal allegation defense, and coming from this guy, it almost seems like the best, most believable thing he could say to prove his innocence. If anything, coming from him, I think I'd believe him now over any other excuse he could have made.
Again, for most people it's not a defense. But in his particular case, given his character, history etc, it actually feels legit. And that's also scary.