So, Reebok offered Trump a helpful guide on how to speak to women
Earlier this week, Donald Trump travelled to Paris where he met with French President, Emmanuel Macron and his wife Brigitte.
After sharing a handshake with France's first lady, Trump began to compliment her “physical shape” and things got really awkward
"You're in such good shape. She's in such good physical shape. Beautiful," Trump said.
"You're in such good shape," Pres. Trump tells French first lady Brigitte Macron, before noting the same about Mrs. Macron to Pres. Macron. pic.twitter.com/pRrG2WnBPj
— NBC Nightly News (@NBCNightlyNews) July 13, 2017
Of course, the inappropriate comments sparked a huge amount of backlash online, with Reebok even stepping in to school the President on how to speak to women.
The sportswear brand compiled a simple guide to help Trump realise the appropriate time to tell a woman: “You’re in such good shape… beautiful.”
In case you were wondering when it IS appropriate to say, "You're in such good shape…beautiful,"… THIS: pic.twitter.com/Z1cnnRD8Ut
— Reebok (@Reebok) July 14, 2017
As expected, the answer was never, except if you had just found “a forgotten action figure from your youth, unscathed after decades, in your parents’ basement”.
While Trump supporters denounced Reebok’s post, many Twitter users appreciated the sarcastic manner in which the company replied to the comments and the post has since received over 47,000 likes.
To whomever writes your social feed, right on!
— Susan Klein (@susankleintwit) July 15, 2017
And now I think I need to replace my running shoes with @Reebok This chart is
— Rachelle Lucas (@TravelBlggr) July 16, 2017
Drag him, Reebok!
— George Bailey Smith (@GeorgeBaileyDog) July 15, 2017
All my spare 50's now going to Reebok. pic.twitter.com/gXjacK00xN
— Tony Stark 2017 (@1IronMan2017) July 16, 2017