Trump says Supreme Court pick will ‘most likely’ be a woman, announcement could come ‘next week’

President Trump said his nominee to replace Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg would be a woman.

"It will be a woman. A very talented, very brilliant woman." Trump said. "I think it should be a woman. I actually like women much more than I like men."

The commander-in-chief opened his rally in Fayetteville, N.C., by paying tribute to the late justice, saying "you may disagree with her, but she was a tremendous inspiration to a number of people, I say all Americans."

Trump told reporters before boarding Air Force One to North Carolina that his pick would likely be announced next week.

Trump said the current situation is different than in February 2016 when a seat was vacated by late Justice Antonin Scalia. “That’s called the consequences of losing an election,” the president said.