As President Trump travels the country ahead of this year’s elections, he might focus on selling Americans on how he will bring the Iran war to a close, or control rising prices. But in a puzzling approach, at some recent rallies he has instead started his often-meandering remarks by effusing about the physical appearances of other men.
Mr. Trump has long marveled at the physical appearance of some men, sometimes gravitating to a favored phrase to describe men whose looks he appreciates: straight from “central casting.” But lately Mr. Trump has been particularly quick to gush about male bodies.
At a rally in Highland Heights, Ky., Mr. Trump recalled meeting local Republican House nominee Ed Gallrein and said he looked like he had come from “central casting.” He then turned to Senator Jon Husted of Ohio, saying: “I examined his ass, and then I looked at his shoulders. I looked at his feet. I looked at his hand. I looked at his jawline. Studied him. He’s got a jawline.”
At a rally in Dalton, Ga., Mr. Trump assessed Senator Jon Ossoff and Representative Mike Collins, saying Collins was “a good-looking man — and he’s all man.” He also called Republican gubernatorial nominee Rick Jackson “a very handsome, distinguished, beautiful-looking guy.”
The article notes Mr. Trump’s allies have not been safe from critical assessments either.
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