Trump himself is no stranger to allegations of sexual impropriety. Nineteen women have accused him of sexual misconduct going back as far as the 1970s. Last year, a federal jury found him liable for sexual abuse and defamation of author E. Jean Carroll, who said Trump sexually assaulted her in a New York department store nearly three decades ago. Trump denied the allegations, but the jury awarded Carroll $83.3 million in damages. He has appealed the award.
Trump’s decision to put four men accused of sexual misconduct in prominent government positions is "just the president-elect saying one more time he will do what he wants to do,” Zelizer said. “He doesn’t care about convention. He doesn’t care about perceptions and norms. This is him asserting himself, as he does all the time.
I remember you mentioned Izbista once,
ReplyDeleteThis article is about sexual abuse and discusses Izbista as well
https://www.hartman.org.il/rabbinic-abuse-clothed-in-mystical-language-is-still-abuse/