After Stern says “that last four months are a girl’s worst enemy [for weight gain], Trump replies: “I've known many, many pregnant women […] And I've seen them all types, I've seen beautiful women that for the rest of their lives have become horror. You know I mean, it's been a very tough life for them, okay?

“You know they gained like 250 pounds. It's like a disaster. And I've seen some women where they have a little bit of a problem. And I've seen a few women, not too many people like this, but where they just spring right back and we will see that, where they spring.”

The pair then reference model Heidi Klum, whom Trump says “sprang back pretty good” but “I looked at her the other day and it’s off. There's no question.”

Of course, Trump – with his pussy-grabbing ‘banter’, his stance on women’s reproductive rights, his documented preoccupation with women’s perceived attractiveness (as evidenced by several on-record misogynistic remarks) – discussing women disrespectfully will no doubt come as little surprise to anyone.

But it bears repeating and getting outraged about each and every time, because when we don’t object to the leader of the free world discussing the opposite sex in this fashion, it further embeds damaging ideas and normalises the idea that women are not as important as men, that women are somehow lesser.

In 2015, Stern said he wouldn’t release recordings during the presidential campaign, as it would be a “betrayal”, given that Trump “did the show in an effort to be entertaining and have fun with us”.

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