Is Donald Trump a creep? What in appropriate comments has he made regarding women and girls
Executive summary
Donald Trump has a long, well-documented record of crude, demeaning and sexually explicit remarks about women that multiple mainstream outlets have reported and transcribed, including a 2005 Access Hollywood tape in which he bragged about groping women 20161007201254/https:/www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-recorded-having-extremely-lewd-conversation-about-women-in-2005/2016/10/07/3b9ce776-8cb4-11e6-bf8a-3d26847eeed4_story.html" target="blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">[1] [2]. Supporters have described some of this as “locker-room banter,” while fact-checkers note sharper nuance and occasional misinformation in social media replays of other quoted remarks [3] [4].
1. A persistent pattern of lewd and demeaning comments
Reporting across major outlets documents recurring episodes in which Trump used crude sexual language, demeaned women’s appearances and bragged about nonconsensual conduct; examples span Howard Stern interviews, books and televised recordings going back decades [5] [1] [2]. News organizations have pulled together lists and transcripts showing this is not a single stray comment but a pattern of public statements about women and sex [5] [6].
2. The most cited exemplar: the 2005 “Access Hollywood” tape
The 2005 tape obtained and published by The Washington Post and others captured Trump saying “when you’re a star, they let you do it… grab them by the p----,” and describing trying to seduce a married woman, remarks that prompted widespread condemnation and a rare apology [1] [2] [5]. Multiple outlets transcribed and contextualized the clip, linking it to other past crude comments and prompting political fallout in 2016 [7] [8].
3. Additional specific comments and controversies
Beyond the Access Hollywood tape, journalists have documented numerous insulting or sexualized remarks: public shaming of Miss Universe winners for weight gain, derogatory nicknames for female journalists, and lewd discussions on radio about women’s bodies and sexual acts [2] [9] [5]. One widely circulated quote — that he’d be “dating her in 10 years” about a young girl — appears in compiled lists of his comments and has been reported by outlets like Cosmopolitan, which emphasize the pattern of problematic remarks [6].
4. Pageants, teens and the limits of circulating quotes
Some circulated claims amplify or misrepresent Trump’s words about pageants and young contestants; fact-checkers have shown that an oft-shared version alleging he described “girls (14–16) with no clothes on” misattributes ages and context, even though Trump did say he would go “backstage before a Miss Teen USA” show and described seeing women undressed in a Howard Stern interview [4] [5]. That distinction matters: the documented remarks are sexually explicit and disturbing to many readers, but some social posts have edited or exaggerated details beyond what sourcing supports [4].
5. Reactions, defenses and political context
Defenses have included calls to treat remarks as “locker-room banter” and reminders of partisan motives in highlighting them during campaigns [3]. Journalistic coverage and critics stress the cumulative impact of the statements; supporters and allies have at times downplayed their significance or pointed to hypocrisy among opponents [3] [2]. Reporting outlets themselves have editorial and political perspectives, and media compilations can emphasize different examples or frames based on audience [5] [6].
6. Conclusion — can he accurately be called “a creep”?
Whether one labels Donald Trump “a creep” depends on how that term is used: as a moral judgment about persistent behavior, it is defensible based on repeated first‑hand transcripts and recordings of lewd, demeaning, and sexually suggestive remarks about women documented across major news outlets [1] [5] [2]. Those who reject the label emphasize context, intent, or political motive and note that some viral paraphrases have been edited or misleading [3] [4]. Reporting shows incontrovertible evidence of repeated inappropriate comments; assessing the label beyond that factual record is ultimately a normative judgment for readers informed by the documented pattern [1] [5] [4].