President Donald Trump complained that he couldn't say the word "beautiful" at an event honoring Women's History Month on Thursday.
"We love women," Trump announced. "Women are the whole deal, okay? And today is very special because we celebrate Women's History Month. That's what it's about every year."
The president went on to thank women in attendance, including first lady Melania Trump, second lady Usha Vance, and White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt.
"Doing a fantastic job, Karoline," he remarked. "She keeps me straight, she keeps you. No, sir, you can't do that, you can't do this. I can't do anything. Life would be so much more exciting, wouldn't it? Thank you, Karoline."
Trump also spoke of the "incredible women" throughout America's history.
"And now the Trump administration is working every single day to make America better, safer, and more prosperous for women and men. But much more importantly for women. And they are really the inspiration," he observed. "They are so powerful and so important and so beautiful. I'm not allowed to use the word beautiful, but I'm using it anyway. Usually, it's the end of your political career."
"If you say a woman's a beautiful woman, they say that's a termination of his career, but somehow it hasn't hurt too much," he added. "You are, you're incredible women, and you're beautiful women."