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International Business Times UK
Politics
Chelsie Napiza

Trump Calls Obama's Women-In-Charge Claim 'Ridiculous' as Online Critic Brands Him 'Nasty Old Misogynist'

Donald Trump dismissed Barack Obama's suggestion that governments would perform better under female leadership (Credit: Staff Sgt. Marianique Santos / Wikimedia Commons)

Asked whether the world would be better off with women running every government for two years, Donald Trump shook his head, said he loved women, and called the idea ridiculous.

The exchange took place outside the White House on Saturday 26 September 2026, as the president prepared to leave for Tennessee and a reporter put to him a remark Barack Obama had made earlier in the week.

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