Trump on 'smart' women: They’re manipulative ‘killers’ who use their bodies to get ahead

Republican frontrunner and presumptive nominee for president Donald Trump once said that "smart women" act "feminine and needy" but that on the inside, they're "real killers." It is, he advised men, "one of the great acts of all time."

On Friday, CNN pointed out that the description comes from Trump's chapter on women from his 1997 book, The Art of the Comeback.

"The smart ones act very feminine and needy, but inside they are real killers," wrote the erstwhile reality TV star. "The person who came up with the expression 'the weaker sex' was either very naïve or had to be kidding. I have seen women manipulate men with just a twitch of their eye -- or perhaps another body part."

Trump has taken heat for his sexist attacks on women over the years from comedian Rosie O'Donnell -- who he called "fat," "disgusting" and "a dog" -- to Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly, who the candidate said was unfairly "aggressive" with him in a televised debate and then accused her of being on her period.

Last month, the real estate mogul and former host of NBC's The Apprentice said of Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton that the "only thing she’s got going is the woman’s card."

He continued, "And the beautiful thing is, women don’t like her.”

Women apparently like Trump even less. According to Gallup U.S., 7 out of 10 women polled have an unfavorable opinion of the Republican candidate