Nancy Pelosi is an alien species to Trump - and he has no idea what to do

The Guardian:

To Trump, a woman’s worth is measured by her sex appeal, and age knocks some points off – no doubt because, for many women, age also increases confidence and conviction. Trump “loves” women, but really, he loves it when women play along with his fantasies of what a woman should be. He simply does not consider women peers and equals. Just look at his cabinet: he’s appointed twice as many men as women. Day to day, he’s surrounded by advisers who are almost entirely white and largely male. As far as diversity goes, there are as many men named “Alex” in Trump’s cabinet as there are women with brown hair.

He is also particularly appalled by women who don’t go out of their way to compete for male attention – and enraged by women who challenge men directly. When Carly Fiorina ran in the Republican primary, he told Rolling Stone, “Look at that face. Would anyone vote for that? Can you imagine that, the face of our next President?” He added: “I mean, she’s a woman, and I’m not supposed to say bad things, but really, folks, come on. Are we serious?” His vitriol toward Hillary Clinton is well-documented, and went far beyond normal political sparring. His attacks on female detractors inevitably zero in on their looks.

But aside from insults, he doesn’t really know how to deal with assertive older women, because for his entire life they have existed outside of both his immediate view and his broader imagination. When he talks about “women”, it’s obvious that only a small subsection of us fit into his definition; some might have qualified, but by virtue of challenging him can be written off as bimbos; a few others are witch-like hags who have surrendered their claim to womanhood; and the rest are simply invisible.

The women of Trumpworld have a single role, and that is to say “yes”. Trump has long bought and paid for that acquiescence. Now, Pelosi is telling him no, and she has real power and can’t be ignored, replaced, or waved away. They aren’t in direct competition (as he was with Clinton and Fiorina), so he is less able to leverage more generalized public sexism to win his battle against her. He’s used to women helping him feel like a big man. Now, here’s a woman who makes him look small and impotent.