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"All of the women on The Apprentice flirted with me - consciously or unconsciously. That's to be expected"

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The line does what Trump has always done best: turn a potentially awkward social dynamic into a brag that dares you to object. It’s calibrated to sound casual while smuggling in entitlement. “All of the women” is maximalist on purpose, a sweeping claim that makes dissent feel pedantic. The tell is the hedge: “consciously or unconsciously.” By making flirtation either deliberate or accidental, he builds a trapdoor under every alternative explanation - politeness, professional charm, camera manners, survival in a power-heavy workplace. Whatever happened, he gets to name it “flirting.”

Then comes the clincher: “That’s to be expected.” The phrase launderes status into inevitability. It frames his attention as a force of nature and women’s responses as a predictable reaction, not an exchange between equals. Subtextually, it recasts workplace hierarchy as romantic chemistry, which is a neat way to deny the possibility of discomfort while still claiming the benefit of desirability. If someone felt pressured, the line implies they were simply reacting to him, not navigating him.

Context matters because The Apprentice is a reality show built on unequal power: he’s the judge, the brand, the gatekeeper to money and fame. In that ecosystem, “flirtation” can function as strategy, performance, or self-protection. The quote flattens all of that into a single story: women want me. It’s less a description of what happened than a preemptive narrative that normalizes his authority by sexualizing it.

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Trump, Donald. (2026, January 17). All of the women on The Apprentice flirted with me - consciously or unconsciously. That's to be expected. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/all-of-the-women-on-the-apprentice-flirted-with-30834/

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Trump, Donald. "All of the women on The Apprentice flirted with me - consciously or unconsciously. That's to be expected." FixQuotes. January 17, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/all-of-the-women-on-the-apprentice-flirted-with-30834/.

MLA Style (9th ed.)
"All of the women on The Apprentice flirted with me - consciously or unconsciously. That's to be expected." FixQuotes, 17 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/all-of-the-women-on-the-apprentice-flirted-with-30834/. Accessed 12 Feb. 2026.

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