'Freudian avalanche': Trump's 'you can't call waitress beautiful' comment leaves netizens fuming

President Donald Trump took a victory lap in Las Vegas on Saturday, basking both in his presidential victory in Nevada last year and the rapid-pace action of his first week in office. Twenty-five minutes into his speech, Trump arrived at its ostensible subject: the promise of eliminating taxes on tipped wages. He didn’t offer much new detail, but he did say he would begin working with lawmakers over the coming weeks to write new tax laws, including renewing the tax cuts he signed into law in 2017.

Trump has been facing backlash for his comments in the first week of his presidency following his speech at a rally in Nevada on Saturday, January 25. The president spoke in Las Vegas in his first rally following the inauguration. While a big chunk of Trump's speech focused on "no taxes on tips" campaign pledge, what landed him in trouble were his remarks about political correctness.

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Trump says 'he can't call waitress beautiful'

"You used to be able to say a young beautiful waitress,” Trump said. “This was a young beautiful waitress but I will not say that because I want to continue my political career. If you call a woman beautiful today, it is the end of your political career so I will not do it.”

"I think you can call her young. You are probably not even supposed to say young. You are probably supposed to say a waitress,” he added.


Social media was quick to react to Trump's comments that quickly went viral online with many users pointing what was wrong with Trump’s rhetoric.

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“A woman doesn’t want unwanted attention from creepy males,” one X user commented. “This is the same man that was found liable for far worse and he was elected to President,” one user wrote, while another said, “He's so disgusting. Young women don't want to know a nasty 80 year old man is thinking about them s3xu@llly. I know. It's stomach turning.” One wrote, “Oh you can call a woman beautiful, you just can’t be a creep (or be creepy) while doing it!”

"A woman doesn’t want unwanted attention from creepy males," wrote another.

Actress and writer Heather Thomas simply said, "Freudian avalanche."

OBGYN Geffrey Klein said, "I can’t say it but I’m gonna say it to tell you I can’t say it and what a shame it is that I can’t say what I just said."

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Online political commentator Dog House Show chimed in, "This is the same man that was found liable for far worse and he was elected to President."

Popular Trump "resistance" activist The Resistor Sister said, "Let me demonstrate how completely out of touch I am."

“When an old man goes out of his way to discuss the appearance of young female server, it's usually just fuc*** creepy,” one user wrote, while another said, “How about you just don’t be a creepy old man”. “He’s just dumb - simple as that, just dumb,” wrote one user. Another user said, “Sometimes, it’s context. Or the fact you’re drooling while you say it. Creepy old men who think they can do anything they want.”