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Ella Scott
US President Donald Trump has revealed the one word that politicians probably shouldn’t say unless they want to ‘terminate’ their careers.
On Thursday (12 March), the 79-year-old marked Women’s History Month with Melania, First Lady of the United States, at the White House.
“We love women," he vaguely declared in front of his wife, 55, and prominent female members of his cabinet.
"Women are the whole deal. The Trump administration is working every single day to make America better, safer and more prosperous for women and men.”
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Trump used the address to make various sweeping claims without crediting data sources, including that Washington, D.C. had become the ‘safest capital anywhere in the world’.
Trump discussed the conflict in Iran, too, alleging that ‘the situation… [was] moving along very rapidly’.
“It's doing very well. Our military is unsurpassed. There's never been anything like it… they really are a nation of terror and hate, and they're paying a big price right now,” he added.
The father-of-five also claimed that there was one word that he believed was banned from his political rhetoric.
However, instead of abstaining from using it, he said it multiple times and reported that using the descriptor hadn’t ‘hurt too much’ in the past.
“[Women] are really the inspiration. So powerful and so important and so beautiful,” the businessman began.
“I’m not allowed to use the word 'beautiful' but I'm using it anyway,” he stated defiantly.
“Usually it's the end of your political career if you say a woman is a beautiful woman. They say that's a termination of his career. But somehow it hasn't hurt too much.”
He followed up the jaw-dropping statement by reiterating that all the women in the room were ‘incredible’.
Despite the confession, Trump used the word ‘beautiful’ to describe his guest, six-time Olympic medallist Kaillie Humphries.
The 40-year-old bobsleigh star, who was introduced as a ‘beautiful women with blonde hair’, used the opportunity to gift the President an Order of Ikkos medal.
The latter is an award that podium athletes can give to individuals who have been instrumental in their success and supported their sporting journey, as per the US Olympic and Paralympic Museum.
“So we only get one, but I want to recognize the support and the impact you had on women's sports throughout the Olympic movement, specifically standing up to keep biological women in women's sports,” Humphries said.
“I believe this actually makes you the first president in history to ever be awarded an order of Ikkos as well. So thank you.”
In response to the prestigious gift, the Republican quipped: “Wow. I knew I liked her.”
Trump also took issue for not getting enough credit for upcoming sporting events in the US.
“We have the Olympics and we have the World Cup coming up… I did the Olympics, I got the Olympics, then I got the World Cup, then I got 250 [year celebration], but I've never been given credit for that,” he said.