Trump blasts Obama's 'ridiculous' take all-women governments would 'be better'

President Trump has brushed off a suggestion from former President Obama that the world might improve if women ran every government. Asked about it by a reporter on Saturday, Trump said he loves women and thinks they are great, but called the idea "ridiculous." NewsNation reports that Obama raised the notion at a Salem State University event last week, where he described a daydream of handing women control of all governments for a couple of years to watch the results. Obama allowed that such a setup would fall short of perfect, yet he believes conditions would be better.

The exchange fits a long record of friction between the two men, who have swapped jabs repeatedly over the past ten years. NewsNation notes that Trump once pushed the false notion that Obama was born outside the country, which many critics denounced as a racist attack on the nation's first Black president. In June, Obama said Trump seemed fixated on him, occupying a "suite in his head."

NewsNation also points out that Trump has faced accusations of sexism and improper conduct toward women, all of which he has strongly denied. In his current term, he has often snapped at reporters, frequently women, telling them to be "quiet" when they ask questions.

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