Is Trump a Misogynist?
Trump hired Barbara Res to build the first Trump Tower back in the late 70's.
A Misogynist would never do that.
A Misogynist would never do that.
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Der Scutt - Scutt was born Donald Clark Scutt in Wyomissing, Pennsylvania, in 1934, near Reading. He attended the Wyomissing Polytechnic Institute and Penn State University. After working with Philip Johnson for a year, he transferred and received his master's degree in architecture from Yale University.
The 58-story[8] Trump Tower was designed by Der Scutt of Swanke Hayden Connell Architects.[9] Developed by the real-estate developer and later U.S. president Donald Trump, it is 664 feet (202 m) high.[2][10] The top story is marked as "68" because, according to Trump, the five-story-tall public atrium occupied the height of ten ordinary stories.[11][12][13] However, several Bloomberg L.P. writers later determined that Trump's calculations did not account for the fact the ceiling heights in Trump Tower were much taller than in comparable buildings, and the tower did not have any floors numbered 6–13.[14] According to one author, the building may have as few as 48 usable stories.[15] As of 2021, the building's official owner is GMAC Commercial Mortgage, according to the New York City Department of City Planning.[1]
The 58-story[8] Trump Tower was designed by Der Scutt of Swanke Hayden Connell Architects.[9] Developed by the real-estate developer and later U.S. president Donald Trump, it is 664 feet (202 m) high.[2][10] The top story is marked as "68" because, according to Trump, the five-story-tall public atrium occupied the height of ten ordinary stories.[11][12][13] However, several Bloomberg L.P. writers later determined that Trump's calculations did not account for the fact the ceiling heights in Trump Tower were much taller than in comparable buildings, and the tower did not have any floors numbered 6–13.[14] According to one author, the building may have as few as 48 usable stories.[15] As of 2021, the building's official owner is GMAC Commercial Mortgage, according to the New York City Department of City Planning.[1]
DogMan · 61-69, M
@nonsensiclesnail He was the designer. Barbara Res was the Construction manager that
actually oversaw the building. A very tough job, and this was 40 years ago, when there were
few women in construction.
Barbara Res was hired as the Trump Organization’s head of construction in the 1980s, and became one of his closest advisers before leaving more than a decade later. The author of All Alone on the 68th Floor: How One Woman Changed the Face of Construction, Res worked with Trump on some of his biggest projects, including the construction of Trump Tower and the renovation of New York’s Plaza Hotel.
Trump surprised the male-dominated construction industry when he chose Res to supervise the building of Trump Tower. She was one of several women promoted by Trump into prominent positions in his company. “Donald told me that he thought that men were better than women at this, especially in this field,” she remembers. “But he said a good woman is better than 10 good men.”
actually oversaw the building. A very tough job, and this was 40 years ago, when there were
few women in construction.
Barbara Res was hired as the Trump Organization’s head of construction in the 1980s, and became one of his closest advisers before leaving more than a decade later. The author of All Alone on the 68th Floor: How One Woman Changed the Face of Construction, Res worked with Trump on some of his biggest projects, including the construction of Trump Tower and the renovation of New York’s Plaza Hotel.
Trump surprised the male-dominated construction industry when he chose Res to supervise the building of Trump Tower. She was one of several women promoted by Trump into prominent positions in his company. “Donald told me that he thought that men were better than women at this, especially in this field,” she remembers. “But he said a good woman is better than 10 good men.”
nonsensiclesnail · F
@DogMan True, and her book does sound very interesting.
Unlike many of those who later moved into Donald Trump’s orbit, Barbara Res played a continuing fundamental, critical role in the organization. Unlike many of them who quickly earned his wrath, Donald Trump realized how much he needed her. Meanwhile, she watched as reality was replaced with an ever-increasing Apprentice-like mythology. All the more reason to share her insights:
“As someone who knew Donald very well, I am familiar with what really happened, as opposed to the illusion he has worked so hard to create. Over time, I saw past the public persona and into the racism, sexism, and xenophobia that he carefully hid. Ironically, these things are now part of his brand.” (Emphasis added.)
And because she once cared about the man, she tries to maintain a balanced view: “In print, online, and on cable news, I’ve offered whatever insight that I can into the character of the man I worked with for eighteen years. I don’t believe what he says, but I also don’t go out there to mindlessly attack him, as many are paid to or love to do.”
oh but there is so much more !!
“Whereas he once hired only the best at what they did, now he was bringing some people in who were not of the highest caliber. They were simply yes-men … His regard for himself had increased exponentially, as had his contempt for women. His sexism never extended to me, but it did to many others — including his wife Ivana, whom he would publicly belittle — and I came to see that I was the exception rather than the rule. His running commentary about women’s bodies, faces, and interest in him became a regular conversation topic, even in business settings. This was a new Trump and also a new Trump Organization, more spread out (he would buy an airline, a helicopter, a yacht, and a football team, and had launched his Atlantic City empire, among other things) with more glitz, money, egos, and fancy parties, and a different work ethic …
And this is from someone who really liked him and likely knew him better, during this part of his life, than most people because they worked so closely together.
Its almost like he is everything people say he is, its all dependent upon if he can use you or not.
Unlike many of those who later moved into Donald Trump’s orbit, Barbara Res played a continuing fundamental, critical role in the organization. Unlike many of them who quickly earned his wrath, Donald Trump realized how much he needed her. Meanwhile, she watched as reality was replaced with an ever-increasing Apprentice-like mythology. All the more reason to share her insights:
“As someone who knew Donald very well, I am familiar with what really happened, as opposed to the illusion he has worked so hard to create. Over time, I saw past the public persona and into the racism, sexism, and xenophobia that he carefully hid. Ironically, these things are now part of his brand.” (Emphasis added.)
And because she once cared about the man, she tries to maintain a balanced view: “In print, online, and on cable news, I’ve offered whatever insight that I can into the character of the man I worked with for eighteen years. I don’t believe what he says, but I also don’t go out there to mindlessly attack him, as many are paid to or love to do.”
oh but there is so much more !!
“Whereas he once hired only the best at what they did, now he was bringing some people in who were not of the highest caliber. They were simply yes-men … His regard for himself had increased exponentially, as had his contempt for women. His sexism never extended to me, but it did to many others — including his wife Ivana, whom he would publicly belittle — and I came to see that I was the exception rather than the rule. His running commentary about women’s bodies, faces, and interest in him became a regular conversation topic, even in business settings. This was a new Trump and also a new Trump Organization, more spread out (he would buy an airline, a helicopter, a yacht, and a football team, and had launched his Atlantic City empire, among other things) with more glitz, money, egos, and fancy parties, and a different work ethic …
And this is from someone who really liked him and likely knew him better, during this part of his life, than most people because they worked so closely together.
Its almost like he is everything people say he is, its all dependent upon if he can use you or not.
Listening to Res' book pretty much confirmed my preconceived idea that Trump's mysogny and racism are secondary to his views on other human beings in general.
As long as they're useful to him, he'll use them and try to keep them in the fold. When they're not, they're generally irrelevant unless they're in his way or have gotten in his way in the past.
As long as they're useful to him, he'll use them and try to keep them in the fold. When they're not, they're generally irrelevant unless they're in his way or have gotten in his way in the past.
DogMan · 61-69, M
Barbara Res was hired as the Trump Organization’s head of construction in the 1980s, and became one of his closest advisers before leaving more than a decade later. The author of All Alone on the 68th Floor: How One Woman Changed the Face of Construction, Res worked with Trump on some of his biggest projects, including the construction of Trump Tower and the renovation of New York’s Plaza Hotel.
Trump surprised the male-dominated construction industry when he chose Res to supervise the building of Trump Tower. She was one of several women promoted by Trump into prominent positions in his company. “Donald told me that he thought that men were better than women at this, especially in this field,” she remembers. “But he said a good woman is better than 10 good men.”
Trump surprised the male-dominated construction industry when he chose Res to supervise the building of Trump Tower. She was one of several women promoted by Trump into prominent positions in his company. “Donald told me that he thought that men were better than women at this, especially in this field,” she remembers. “But he said a good woman is better than 10 good men.”
akindheart · 61-69, F
Nor would he have funded Jesse Jackson's presidential bid in 1984 and given him free office space is he was racist, or been on Oprah numerous time, nor would he have allowed his daughter to marry a Jewish man and convert to Judaism herself if he was antiSemitic, or moved the US Embassy to Jerusalem from Tel Aviv.
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