Trump once advised friends to be 'rougher' with their wives if they don't want to get treated 'like crap'

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published 14 October 2016

In a newly unearthed 1994 interview with ABC's Primetime Live, Donald Trump shed some light on why he talks about women the way he does. Rather than disagreeing with host Nancy Collins' assertion that some people think he is a "chauvinist pig," Trump explained that "with people in general, you get more with vinegar than honey."

"People say, 'How can you say such a thing?' But there's a truth in it, in a modified form. Psychologists will tell you that some women want to be treated with respect, others differently," Trump said. "I tell friends who treat their wives magnificently, get treated like crap in return, 'Be rougher and you'll see a different relationship.'"

That claim came shortly after Trump insisted he had "great relationships with women," and then proceeded to call a woman who claimed he'd told her "You have to treat women like sh-t" a "liar, extremely unattractive, lots of problems because of her looks."