It would please Trump if women reporters were more like Donna Reed

Trump complained about White House reporters Weijia Jiang and Paula Reid in a new interview, saying It wasn't Donna Reed, I can tell you that. ... Paula Reid, she's sitting there and I say, How angry. I mean, What's the purpose?' They're not even tough questions, but you see the attitude of these people, it's like incredible.

In response:

The President told me to be nice and easy" three out of the last four times I asked him a question. https://t.co/RfptoMczVG

- Weijia Jiang (@weijia) May 5, 2020

President Trump tells @nypost I am nothing like 50's American archetypal mom Donna Reed. Fact-check: True. pic.twitter.com/sUTgWwsNX9

- Paula Reid (@PaulaReidCBS) May 5, 2020

People are assuming that when he says "Donna Reed" he means demure and submissive, but it's just as likely he means dead.