GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump has the utmost respect for women. For proof, go back to earlier this week when he referred to the six female hosts of ABC’s “The View” as “dumb women” and “degenerates.”

He also called Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris, who was a guest on the show, a “dummy.”

Anyone thinking this is sexist and horrendous behavior and a terrible way to win over female voters in the weeks before an election is missing the nuances of Trump’s strategy. You see, he might have called those prominent and successful women dummies, but he notably didn’t call ALL women dummies. You see? There’s a big difference if you don’t think about it.

On Thursday, for example, Trump showed tremendous respect for women during a speech at the Detroit Economic Club when he said of Harris: “I think she’s dumber than hell.”

She was the only person he called “dumber than hell” the entire time. Impressive.

At rallies, Trump has referred to Harris – who is the sitting vice president and a former U.S. senator and former attorney general of California – as a “stupid person,” “weak,” “dumb as a rock” and “lazy.”

He said recently: “Joe Biden became mentally impaired. Kamala was born that........

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