His focus on the male anatomy, for instance, has become remarkably pronounced (https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/17/us/politics/trump-men-physical-appearance-comments.html) lately.
•"I don’t do this with men very often,” Mr. Trump said at a rally (https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-speech-midterm-political-rally-youngstown-ohio-october-12-2026/) with Senator Jon Husted, Republican of Ohio, on Oct. 12. “I started examining his body because I didn’t know he was a great athlete. And I looked and I watched up and down. I looked at his ass.”
•Five days later, he repeated his appreciation of Mr. Husted’s backside. “I examined his ass,” Mr. Trump said at a rally in Kentucky (https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-speech-midterm-political-rally-highland-heights-kentucky-october-17-2026/#99). “I never did that with, no, I never did that with a man before.”
•Three days later in North Carolina (https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-speech-midterm-political-rally-greenville-north-carolina-october-20-2026/#33), he praised Mr. Husted’s derrière again. “His ass is, it’s like a pile of muscle,” he said.
•In Chillicothe (https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-speech-midterm-political-rally-chillicothe-ohio-october-28-2026/#99), he did it again: “I started by looking at his ass, and it was strong as hell.”
Mr. Husted is not the only object of Mr. Trump’s manly approval. Among the others:
•Senator Tim Scott (https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-speech-midterm-political-rally-pendleton-south-carolina-october-21-2026/#99), Republican of South Carolina: “As much as I can fall in love with a man, which isn’t that much, I fall in love with him, and his name happens to be Tim Scott.”
•Representative Mike Collins (https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-speech-midterm-political-rally-dalton-georgia-october-16-2026/#2), Republican of Georgia: “Mike Collins is a good-looking man. And he’s all man.”
•The spouse of Senator Darline Graham (https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-speech-midterm-political-rally-pendleton-south-carolina-october-21-2026/#99), the other South Carolina Republican: “He’s a good-looking husband.”
•Robert F. Kennedy Jr., (https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-speech-midterm-political-rally-fort-myers-florida-october-23-2026/#154) the health and human services secretary: “He’s got the body of a 30-year-old.”
•"I don’t do this with men very often,” Mr. Trump said at a rally (https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-speech-midterm-political-rally-youngstown-ohio-october-12-2026/) with Senator Jon Husted, Republican of Ohio, on Oct. 12. “I started examining his body because I didn’t know he was a great athlete. And I looked and I watched up and down. I looked at his ass.”
•Five days later, he repeated his appreciation of Mr. Husted’s backside. “I examined his ass,” Mr. Trump said at a rally in Kentucky (https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-speech-midterm-political-rally-highland-heights-kentucky-october-17-2026/#99). “I never did that with, no, I never did that with a man before.”
•Three days later in North Carolina (https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-speech-midterm-political-rally-greenville-north-carolina-october-20-2026/#33), he praised Mr. Husted’s derrière again. “His ass is, it’s like a pile of muscle,” he said.
•In Chillicothe (https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-speech-midterm-political-rally-chillicothe-ohio-october-28-2026/#99), he did it again: “I started by looking at his ass, and it was strong as hell.”
Mr. Husted is not the only object of Mr. Trump’s manly approval. Among the others:
•Senator Tim Scott (https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-speech-midterm-political-rally-pendleton-south-carolina-october-21-2026/#99), Republican of South Carolina: “As much as I can fall in love with a man, which isn’t that much, I fall in love with him, and his name happens to be Tim Scott.”
•Representative Mike Collins (https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-speech-midterm-political-rally-dalton-georgia-october-16-2026/#2), Republican of Georgia: “Mike Collins is a good-looking man. And he’s all man.”
•The spouse of Senator Darline Graham (https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-speech-midterm-political-rally-pendleton-south-carolina-october-21-2026/#99), the other South Carolina Republican: “He’s a good-looking husband.”
•Robert F. Kennedy Jr., (https://rollcall.com/factbase/trump/transcript/donald-trump-speech-midterm-political-rally-fort-myers-florida-october-23-2026/#154) the health and human services secretary: “He’s got the body of a 30-year-old.”
