Donald Trump: The Art of the Deplorable

Donald Trump is hard to follow. When you combine an affinity for spitting out brazen, outlandish, controversial statements, an insatiable love of attention, a presidential campaign, round-the-clock media coverage, and twitter- there's little to no hope in keeping track of it all. That's where this timeline comes into play.

The attempt here is to piece together a comprehensive list of all the horrendous, racist, xenophobic, homophobic, sexist, misogynistic, ignorant, false, disqualifying, or otherwise deplorable things Donald Trump has said over the last 30 years. In one place. In chronological order. That way, we don't allow the outrageous thing he says tomorrow to outweigh or erase the outrageous thing he said in 1989, or 1994, or 2001, because remember, this is one man who has lived an entire life speaking for himself, and just because he wasn't always a presidential candidate doesn't mean we shouldn't hold him accountable for what he said before he became one.;xNLx;;xNLx;;xNLx;;xNLx;If you have suggestions for additional stories or recommended edits, please email trumptimeline@gmail.com ;xNLx;;xNLx;Note that all entries must include a quote of Donald Trump, along with a source.

"The Japs" Speaking to Time magazine for a profile published in January 1989, Trump was asked to give an estimate of his total wealth.

"I'd love to be a well educated black." During a segment called Racial Attitudes and Consciousness Exam on NBC, Donald Trump offered his criticism on Affirmative Action.

Tiananmen Square Massacre = China's Strength In a profoundly ignorant declaration, from an interview published in a March 1990 PlayBoy no less, Trump praised the power of the Chinese dictatorship responsible for murdering hundreds of innocent Chinese students.

Wife: Why Give Her Negotiable Assets? From a 1990 issue of Vanity Fair.

"As long as you have a young, beautiful piece of ass." During an interview with Esquire Magazine in 1991, Donald Trump was asked about handling scrutiny from the media.

How to Treat Women Trump has a long history of making disparaging comments towards women, but one of the more clear cut of the many sexist, misogynistic, pompous, abusive, and shaming statements he's made came from a New York Magazine interview following his first divorce.

10 Year Old Girl: "I am going to be dating her in 10 years" In an “Entertainment Tonight” Christmas feature in 1992, Trump looked at a group of young girls and said he would be dating one of them in ten years. At the time, Trump would have been 46 years old.

Does My 1 Year Old Daughter Have Nice Breasts? Time will tell. Following the birth of his newborn, Tiffany, Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous did a piece on the Trump family. When Trump was asked what of his then-wife had been passed on to his newborn daughter, Trump decided to sexualize the 1 year old.

There Are Three Types of Women, and They're All Goldiggers In Trump's book, The Art of the Comeback, Donald describes the "types" of women in the world in relation to prenuptial agreements. Donald Trump has been married three times.

"God, what problems I had with this woman." In his book “Donald Trump: The Art of the Comeback”, Donald Trump recounts his abusive relationship with Alicia Machado, Miss Universe.

Princess Diana: I think I could have "nailed" her. Donald Trump claimed he could have slept with Princess Diana if he had wanted to, during a radio interview recorded months after her death on the The Howard Stern Show.

Mohawk Indians: Criminals In February of 2000, Donald Trump took out an ad in Upstate New York papers depicting a Native American group as dangerous drug addicts in an effort to prevent a competing casino from being built.

Princess DIana: Even though she was "Crazy" I'd still sleep with her. In another interview with radio personality Howard Stern, Trump one again objected the late Princess Diana, explaining he would have sex with her without hesitation. The segment was during a discussion of Trump's "Top 10 Women" list.

Supported the War in Iraq In a 2002 interview with Howard Stern, one year prior to the invasion of Iraq, Stern asked Trump directly if he was for invading Iraq.

Underage Prostitution = A Great Social Life Speaking to New York Magazine in 2002 about Jeffrey Epstein—a billionaire convicted in 2008 for soliciting an underage prostitute, and who is alleged to have recruited and groomed dozens of underage girls over the years, Trump said:

My Daughter Has the Best Body During and interview with Howard Stern in 2003, Donald described his daughter.

12 Year Old Paris Hilton is "Hot" During an interview with Howard Stern, Donald Trump admits to watching Paris Hilton's sex tape, being close friends with her parents, and exclaiming how sexually attractive he found her at 12 years old.

Pregnancy: An Inconvenience In a 2004 Dateline segment, Donald Trump states that Pregnancy is an inconvenience for businesses, and that pregnant employees or employees who have just given birth should return quickly at risk they may be replaced.

Lindsay Lohan: Deeply Troubled Women Are the Best in Bed In an appearance on Stern's show in December 2004, Trump initiated a conversation about actress Lindsay Lohan, who was 18 at the time.

Temperament: Paranoid, Delusional, and Unfit In his hilariously titled 2004 book, "How to Get Rich", Donald Trump paints a very relevant picture of his temperament.

They All Flirted With Me, Consciously or Unconsciously In his book, How to Get Rich, Trump insists that every woman he's encountered on The Apprentice flirted with him, which he expected.

"Grab them by the pussy. You can do anything." Donald Trump bragged in vulgar terms about kissing, groping and trying and failing to have sex with women during a 2005 conversation with Billy Bush of Access Hollywood, several months after marrying his third and current wife, Melania. The video was obtained by The Washington Post.

Flat Chested Women Can't Be "10s" Donald Trump provided his thoughts on chest size during an interview with Howard Stern in 2005.

"I'll supply the funds and she'll take care of the kids." During an interview with Howard Stern, Donald Trump suggested that outside of providing money, he has nothing to do with raising his kids. At the time, his wife Melania was pregnant with his 5th child and her 1st.

Changing Diapers is for the Wife During an interview on the Opie and Anthony show in 2005, Donald Trump, whose wife Melania was pregnant with Donald's 5th child, clarified why he doesn't change diapers.

Peeping Trump Trump told radio host Howard Stern in 2005 that he would often go into dressing rooms while beauty pageant contestants were naked, saying in the recordings that he could “sort of get away with things like that" because he ran the shows. This confirmed previous allegations of such behavior, including from contestants of Miss Teen USA who were as young as 15 years old.

I 'sort of hope' Real Estate Market Tanks Two years before the housing market collapsed in 2008 and millions of Americans lost their homes, Donald Trump said he was hoping for a crash.

I Would Date My Own Daughter While on the View in 2006, alongside daughter Ivanka Trump, Donald Trump was asked how he felt about the idea of his daughter posing for PlayBoy Magazine. After complementing her figure, he clarified with a side dish of suggested incest.

Women Are Literally Objects. From his book Trump 101: The Ways to Success, Trump waxes poetic on how women and buildings turn him on.

Rosie O'Donnell: Fat, Ugly Slob During an interview with Entertainment Tonight, Trump called out O'Donnell's weight and appearance as reasons why he'd fire her from the show, The View.

Rosie O'Donnell: Big, Fat Pig In a particularly immature and sexist interview with FOX News, Donald Trump had choice words for random enemy Rosie O'Donnell.

Lady and the Tramp: Let's Send "Party-Girls" to Charm School Yes, this was a real show Donald Trump proposed and was set to executive produce. Yes, Donald Trump planned on dropping by to judge the "Tramps" progression. Yes, Trump's quote about the show nicely sums up his feelings towards women in general.

Vladamir Putin: Doing a Great Job During an interview with Larry King in Oct. 2007, Trump praised Vladamir Putin, dictator, sociopath, and all around world-threat, for helping "rebuild Russia's image".

Trust Me, Angelina Jolie is Not Beautiful During an interview with Larry King, Donald Trump wants to make sure we understand that he "know's beauty."

Emily West: "She needs some serious fuckin’ dermatology" During an apprentice episode centered around make-overs for country musicians, Donald Trump requested his review of a female country singer's skin not make the final cut of the program. The moment didn't air, but is available via authenticated transcript.

Breastfeeding: "Disgusting" During a 2011 deposition, opposing council requested a break in order to pump breast milk. Donald Trump, father of 5, proceeded to have a melt down.

Trump the Birther in 2011, Donald Trump, grotesquely hinting at an presidential run no one asked for, decided to piggy back on the racist and false assumption that President Obama was not born in the United States, 3 years after the President had released his certification of live birth publicly.

Trump the Birther Continued Donald Trump took advantage of the controversy of his previous racist statements, and pushed the birther issue continually for years. "I want him to show his birth certificate. I want him to show his birth certificate," Trump said on ABC's "The View." "There's something on that birth certificate that he doesn't like."

Trump the Birther: The Quickening Trump continued to tout racist lies during an interview on the Today Show.

I Would Have Violated the Geneva Conventions The Geneva Conventions comprise treaties and protocols that establish the standards of international law for the humanitarian treatment during war. Donald Trump, on numerous occasions, has suggested that following the War in Iraq, he would have "take[n] the oil". The idea being that the US should have seized Oil fields in Iraq and Libya as a bounty of war, preventing the future destabilization in the middle east. This act, of course, was not actually possible for a number of reasons, most prominently that the act would violate the terms of the Geneva Convention.

My African-American Donald Trump sought to tout his support among African-Americans during a rally by pointing out a black man in the crowd and calling him "my African-American."

No, Seriously, We Should Violate the Geneva Conventions A week after initially claiming the US should have "plundered" Iraq and Libyan oil fields as payback for the money and lives spent during the War in Iraq, during an interview with George Stephanopoulos, Trump went on to suggest that the US threaten the removal of security in the region in order to pressure Saudi Arabia into producing more oil, all in an effort to drive down oil prices in the United States. Following pressure from Stephanopoulos to clarify, Trump reaffirmed his commitment to stealing oil fields as a form of reimbursement.

Cher: Massive Plastic Surgeries That Didn't Work After Cher criticized huge tool, Mitt Romney, Cheeto-Dump Trump went after Cher's looks.

Trump the Birther: with a Vengeance In April 2011, President Obama procured and released his original birth certificate. After the birth certificate was released, Donald Trump was very much still a racist.

Trump: The Birther Rises "I want to see @BarackObama's college records to see how he listed his place of birth in the application." Trump tweets, spinning the birther issue in a new direction for racist reasons unknown.

Statutory Rape: "I don't see a lot of damage done." In a June 2012 interview with a reporter from the TV show "Extra", Trump is asked what he thinks about "all these teachers having sex with their students." While it's unclear which specific case Trump is referencing in the clip, his response was short-sighted and offensive.

Trump the Birther: Resurrection To ensure no one forgot that he is a racist, despite the constant and emphatic reminders, Donald Trump continues the Birther storyline through the summer of 2012 and beyond.

Trump the Birther: Racist Forever On and on and on and on and on.

Ariana Huffington: I Understand Why Your Husband Left You Huffington Post editor and co-founder, Arianna Huffington is a regular target of Trump’s, where he tends to criticize her looks and make jokes about her divorce.