"My initial reaction to this, because our president is a lot of talk, was like 'I'll believe it when I see it' … and today I saw it on my new passport," Schafer said."
The disconnect between what American's thought Trump would do and what he and his team repeatedly and unambiguously said he was going to do is genuinely dismaying.
I'm not sure this is quite at a face-eating leopard level of denial of the obvious, but its approaching it.
Nobody has to ask anyone out, its not compulsory. Women do ask potential dates out, so do men. Its pretty irrelevant who the one doing the asking is - the point is not to put the onus on one gender but that if you - whoever you are - don't ask, then you'll never know.