Trump says it’s a ‘scary situation’ for men in the era of Me Too after son’s DailyMailTV interview

President Trump says it’s a tough time in America for men accused of sexual assault. 

Trump told DailyMail.com, in response to a claim made by his son in an exclusive interview, that someone like his Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh can be an ‘exemplary person for 30 years’ and have their reputation ruined by an allegation that they engaged in inappropriate conduct.

‘It’s a very, scary situation where you’re guilty until proven innocent,’ the president said at an impromptu news conference on the White House’s South Lawn. ‘I say that’s a very scary time for young men in America when you can be guilty of something you may not be guilty of. This is a very difficult time.’

President Trump says it’s a tough time in America for men accused of sexual assault

Donald Trump Jr. told DMTV in an interview  that in an age when lives can be ruined on both sides of he-said, she-said sexual misconduct claims, he fears more for his sons than for his daughters.

‘I mean, right now, I’d say my sons,’ the father of five told DailyMailTV during a campaign swing to support Montana Republican U.S. Senate candidate Matt Rosendale.

His and Kimberly Guilfoyle’s first ever joint interview will air in two parts, Monday and Tuesday, only on DailyMailTV. 

‘I’ve got boys, and I’ve got girls. And when I see what’s going on right now, it’s scary,’ he said in his first-ever joint interview on camera with girlfriend Kimberly Guilfoyle.

Guilfoyle, a former Fox News Channel co-host now dating President Donald Trump’s son and energizing campaign crowds with him, believes Americans should give sexual assault accusers a fair hearing.

But the veteran criminal prosecutor also cautions that they should always be aware of political motivations that color controversies like the Brett Kavanaugh case.

Donald Trump Jr. and his girlfriend Kimberly Guilfoyle spoke with DailyMailTV last week in Montana, their first televised interview together as a couple. Following Judge Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court confirmation hearings, Trump Jr. said the #MeToo movement's he-said, she-said conflicts make him more fearful for his sons than for his daughters

Donald Trump Jr. and his girlfriend Kimberly Guilfoyle spoke with DailyMailTV last week in Montana, their first televised interview together as a couple. Following Judge Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court confirmation hearings, Trump Jr. said the #MeToo movement’s he-said, she-said conflicts make him more fearful for his sons than for his daughters

Guilfoyle, a former criminal prosecutor in California, said everyone should listen to people who come forward with accusations of sexual assault

Guilfoyle, a former criminal prosecutor in California, said everyone should listen to people who come forward with accusations of sexual assault

The Montana campaign swing included a fundraiser for Republican U.S. Senate candidate Matt Rosendale that included shooting sniper rifles with targets placed up to 1 mile away

The Montana campaign swing included a fundraiser for Republican U.S. Senate candidate Matt Rosendale that included shooting sniper rifles with targets placed up to 1 mile away

‘I think it’s important, in terms of doing an investigation, to get the facts out there and find out,’ Guilfoyle said.

‘It’s very tough thirty five years later, but it doesn’t mean it should be ignored.’

But reflecting on the battle of memory and credibility between Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and college professor Christine Blasey Ford, she warned that in Washington few things are what they seem.

‘People need to be careful to understand the politics involved as well, and what motivations people may have,’ Guilfoyle said.

Christine Blasey Ford

Judge Brett Kavanaugh

Americans last week were riveted to the saga of Christine Blasey Ford (left), who accused Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh (right) of sexually assaulting her 36 years ago when they were teenagers – an accusation he has forcefully denied

Donald Trump Jr.

The couple took turns firing up the campaign crowd in Bozeman

Rosendale is trying to topple Democratic Sen. Jon Tester

Rosendale is trying to topple Democratic Sen. Jon Tester

The pair have been an inseparable couple since April 25, six weeks after Vanessa Trump, Don Jr.’s wife of 12 years, filed for an uncontested divorce.

Guilfoyle didn't take her turn with a sniper rifle before the DailyMailTV interview because she had hurt her hand playing trampoline dodgeball with her son and Trump Jr.'s children

Guilfoyle didn’t take her turn with a sniper rifle before the DailyMailTV interview because she had hurt her hand playing trampoline dodgeball with her son and Trump Jr.’s children

The Rosendale rally in Bozeman came after an afternoon of target shooting with donors in barren-hilled back country 90 minutes away. 

Trump Jr. took his turn with a sniper rifle, hitting a metal target placed 1 mile away. 

Guilfoyle took a pass but said she would have given him a run for his money if she hadn’t injured her hand days earlier – playing trampoline dodgeball with her son and Don’s kids.

The president’s quest to reshape the Supreme Court hit a snag two weeks ago with Ford’s accusation about an alcohol-soaked teenage party that she says happened 36 years ago in 1982, when she was 15.

Ford claims a drunken 17-year-old Kavanaugh pinned her to a bed, groped her, tried to undress her and covered her mouth to muffle her protesting voice while his friend Mark Judge egged him on.

Kavanaugh and Ford gave dueling statements on Thursday during a must-see-TV hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee, which ultimately voted along party lines to send Kavanaugh’s nomination to the full Senate.

DailyMail.com U.S. Political Editor David Martosko conducted the interview on September 25 in front of a horse barn near Sheridan, Montana

DailyMail.com U.S. Political Editor David Martosko conducted the interview on September 25 in front of a horse barn near Sheridan, Montana

About 40 protesters and supporters of Democratic Sen. Jon Tester turned up outside the Bozeman rally including one that claimed Trump Jr. is part of a 'crime family'

About 40 protesters and supporters of Democratic Sen. Jon Tester turned up outside the Bozeman rally including one that claimed Trump Jr. is part of a ‘crime family’

One Trump supporter wore a shirt reading 'Lock Her Up / Make America Great Again,' a throwback to the 2016 campaign between President Donald Trump and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton

One Trump supporter wore a shirt reading ‘Lock Her Up / Make America Great Again,’ a throwback to the 2016 campaign between President Donald Trump and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton

‘I’m innocent,’ Kavanaugh told the committee, emphasizing that Ford’s corroborating witnesses have said they don’t recall hearing anything about the attack she has described.

In a last-minute deal Thursday, holdout Sen. Jeff Flake, a moderate Republican, won a 7-day delay so the FBI can investigate Ford’s accusation before a final Senate floor vote.

Trump Jr. told DailyMailTV that he believes Ford’s story is dripping with political motives. And whether Kavanaugh succeeds or fails, he said, genuine victims of sexual assault will ultimately be the saga’s losers.

‘For the people who are real victims of these things, when it is so obviously political in cases like this,’ he said, ‘it really diminishes the real claims.’

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