
Who knew that President Donald Trump could cause such a stink with his remarks about women...
While attending yesterday's (5 October) rally at the Pinnacle Bank Expo Center in Nebraska, the 80-year-old boldly displayed his affection for aide Natalie Harp in front of everyone, despite being married to wife Melania Trump for more than 20 years.
"Natalie, come out," he urged her up onstage. "Bring it out. I'll sign it right here!"
The document Trump was committing ink to was an executive order allowing for the sale of tax-exempt diesel in light of the stratospheric fuel prices caused by the ongoing conflict in Iran.
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Per his request, Harp stepped into frame to hand over the papers, which resulted in Trump tossing the pen into the audience after issuing his signature and then patting his aide on the shoulder.
"She reminds me [of] The Price is Right," he commented.
For the uninitiated, US gameshow The Price is Right dates all the way back to 1956 and boasted Bob Barker and Drew Carey as hosts over the years, with over 10,000 episodes in its back catalogue.
Female models were employed on the series to present prizes to its participants, while it took more than 50 years since the show's creation to introduce their bloke counterparts.
"Thank you, Natalie! Come on!" continued Trump in Nebraska this week. "This perfect person comes up, hands it, walks off. We should go on television with this show, right?"
Such is Harp's special place in the Trump administration, she was once likened by The New York Times journalist Maggie Haberman to his comfort blanket.
Meanwhile, after witnessing the president's most recent flirtations, social media users were keen to voice their distaste.
"Wow, she is getting a stage spot now. [Not] creepy at all," wrote one individual via X.
"As women across the country have spent the past week in horror trying to process the Cornell case... here we have our president parading his assistant—a young woman—onstage to troll the press," highlighted another. "She might even think it's funny, too. But for many women watching, seeing a young woman used as a prop may land very differently."
A third asked: "Wtf is this creep show?" before someone else joked that Melanie would've 'loved' this kind of behaviour.
"Melania, this is your opportunity to spill the beans. Please be VERY specific," read a separate response.
"The tell-all book she will write will be one for the ages," reckoned another user, alluding to Harp's hypothetical autobiography charting her rise through Trump's government.

Melania's name was once brought up at a Trump rally in North Carolina, where the POTUS bizarrely began talking about his Slovenian wife's underwear collection.
Recalling how the FBI had once raided his home in Florida on suspicion of violating the Espionage Act among other discretions, he labelled Melania 'meticulous' for her tidiness.
"They went into my wife's closet... they looked at her drawers," he openly told attendees. “Her undergarments, sometimes referred to as panties, are folded perfect, wrapped. They're, like, so perfect. I think that she steams them."
Yet another reason for the First Lady's blood to boil.
Topics: Donald Trump, Politics, US News, Melania Trump