Theory on Donald hating on Megyn Kelly

[applegrove]

Megyn Kelly has a theory about why Donald Trump hates her. And it makes lots of sense.

By Callum Borchers at the Washington Post

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/04/01/megyn-kelly-has-a-theory-about-why-donald-trump-hates-her-and-it-makes-lots-of-sense/?hpid=hp_no-name_hp-in-the-news%3Apage%2Fin-the-news

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The No. 1 show, of course, belongs to Bill O'Reilly, with whom Trump has (mostly) enjoyed a much friendlier rapport. Even when he vowed to boycott Fox News in the fall — and even when he actually did boycott a Fox debate in January (because of Kelly) — Trump continued to appear on "The O'Reilly Factor." Though he professes to hate the media, the real estate magnate clearly values a show that can give him a large audience.

It seems to me that Trump's fury is directly proportional to how important a host is.

We also can't ignore the possibility (likelihood) that Trump's anger toward Kelly burns all the hotter because he sees her as a woman who — try as he might — he just can't charm. A profile of Kelly in the February issue of Vanity Fair imagined the candidate's frustration: "After all, in his mind, what beautiful woman didn’t want to go to bed with him, right?"

Trump's habit of trying to flatter his way into the good graces of female journalists is well-documented. He tried it last week on his visit with The Washington Post editorial board, when he called Karen Attiah "beautiful." He had used the same line three days earlier on People magazine senior editor Charlotte Triggs, whom he also invited, on a whim, to join him aboard his private jet for a flight to his next rally in Arizona. (Triggs wrote that "campaign aides quickly quash[ed] that," citing Secret Service protocol on background checks.)


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[Warpy]

1. Kelly did her job and called him on some of his bullshit

No woman has dared speak to him like that since he was potty trained.

[kwassa]

4. She does a better job than most journalists at cutting through his bullshit.

and Trump can't stand being humiliated by a woman.

[Major Nikon]

2. She indicated as much some time ago

Pretty much fits the classic mold of a spoil brat that grew up to be a megalomaniac.

[braddy]

3. Like the NYC millionaire slumlord's son, which Trump was.