"You do not think, you never do it," Trump tells a reporter

It was supposed to be a triumphant press conference by Rose Garden for President Trump. The United States, Canada and Mexico have concluded a new trade agreement, an update of the NAFTA dating back several decades, which he described as a "disaster".

Then, as was the case during Trump's press conferences, things turned out. He opened the question-and-answer session by inexplicably confusing a journalist. Here's Trump calling Cecilia Vega from ABC News for the first issue of the press conference:

Trump: "She is shocked to have chosen, she is in shock.

Vega: "Thank you, Mr. President. I'm not."

Trump: "It's okay, I know you do not think so. You never do.

Vega: "I'm sorry?

Trump: "No, go ahead."

There are two things about this exchange that are disturbing, but not out of character for Trump:

First, his attack on Vega came out of nowhere. Vega had not asked a question yet, so Trump could not blame her derision on something she had just asked for. (It's also not that it would be normal behavior for a president.)

Second, the attack appeared to be sexist. When Trump wants to attack women, he often resorts to stereotypes, reducing them to their appearance or their intellect (or supposed lack thereof) in many cases. In the summer of 2017, he attacked Mika Brzezinski, the presenter of MSNBC, alleging that she was "rekindled". In his very first presidential debate, Trump scolded host Megyn Kelly for asking him about his treatment of women saying that she called Katy Tur of Katy Tur of NBC News " little Katy "and New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd" crazy ".

"One of the ways he's exercising his" masculine power "is to talk to women and base them on their appearance rather than their substance," said Kelly Dittmar of Rutgers University last summer, after completed a study on the role of gender in the presidential campaign.

Having women in these conditions is Trump's standard practice. But the impromptu way he showed on Monday is particularly noteworthy, given that Republicans are starting a week of criticism for advancing with a Supreme Court man accused of sexual assault – a Trump candidate has spent a lot of time Monday time to defend himself.

Trump's treatment by Vega's eyebrows and other female reporters at Rose Garden on Monday did not stop at the "thoughtful" comment. He declined to let Vega ask a question about the other big news of the day: the FBI's investigation of his Supreme Court nominee, Brett M. Kavanaugh. (The president came back to see her after other reporters had asked questions about the trade, the subject of the press conference.) Vega was not impressed.)

And when CNN's Kaitlan Collins relentlessly insisted on Trump's position as to whether he would consider disqualifying Kavanaugh if he was lying to Congress under oath, Trump cut him off: "You know what. You had enough. You really have enough.

Trump also called on the media party of the Democratic Party – an attack that has infiltrated until Republican members of Congress – and "loco".

By the time his party fears losing voters in mid-term elections in November, Trump seemed particularly poised to attack women in the press.