TRUMP

64 ANATOMY OF A MONSTROSITY
A male contestant confirmed the story, telling the media that “I
think it was most uncomfortable when he had one [female] contestant
come around the board table and twirl around.” 242 Penn Jillette,
who was on the Celebrity Apprentice, says he “found some of the ways
[Trump] used his power in sexual discussions to be a little bit distasteful
to me…” 243
Trump appears to believe that some of the women wanted this, having
said that “all of the women on The Apprentice flirted with me -
consciously or unconsciously.” 244 Yet those on the show say that his
behavior made people deeply uncomfortable, but that Trump’s power
made it impossible to stop him: “In all jobs, people have to sign sexual
harassment paperwork, but Mr. Trump was putting on a TV show so
he got to do it.” 245 u u u u
Trump’s behavior was no different when he was running beauty
pageants. When he bought the Miss Universe franchise, Trump was
able to give full expression to his sentiments regarding the opposite
sex. “They had a person that was extremely proud that a number of
the women had become doctors,” Trump said. “And I wasn’t interested.”
246 Instead, Trump was proud of having “made the heels higher
and the bathing suits smaller.” 247 (As Trump promoted his incarnation
of the contest: “If you’re looking for a rocket scientist, don’t tune in
tonight, but if you’re looking for a really beautiful woman, you should
watch.” 248 )
Notoriously, Trump made a habit of entering the contestants’
changing areas while they were getting ready, in order to help himself
to eyefuls of their nude and semi-nude bodies. As one remembered:
The black curtains opened and in walks Mr. Trump smiling.
He wished us all good luck, did not stay very long