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Why Trump Keeps Talking About People’s Bodies, in His Own Words
“I examined his ass.” “He’s all man.” “He’s a fat guy, wow.” A month of the president’s own words about people’s bodies, quoted and dated, what experts say it is for, and what it has cost.
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Sunday in Port Huron, Michigan, the president told a rally: “I looked at one hell of a beautiful ass before, Nicki Minaj. That’s hard to miss.” It was not a one-off. Here is a month of his own words about people’s bodies, and what they are for.
Senator Jon Husted of Ohio. Kentucky, October seventeenth: “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.” And: “I never did that with a man before.”
Dalton, Georgia, on Senator Jon Ossoff: “I don’t think he’s a good-looking man.” On his challenger: “I actually think Mike Collins is a good-looking man, and he’s all man.” In Dallas, on Ken Paxton: “He may not be the best-looking guy I’ve ever seen. But you know what he is? He’s the greatest attorney general in America.” Every line here is quoted and sourced in the description, nothing added. Here is where it gets darker.
In Youngstown, as a woman in a “Release the Epstein Files” shirt was punched and put in a headlock in the stands, video shows, he said: “He’s a fat guy, wow,” and told her to go on a diet. No arrests. No charges. The mayor called it senseless political violence.
He has explained it himself. Coast Guard Academy, May: “I hate good-looking men.” Georgia: “There are some reasons to be president.” Political scientist Dan Cassino calls it a halo effect; Jennifer Lawless says it is about attention. Trump claims Husted gained ten points. Marist has Sherrod Brown up four, Cook up six.
It is not new. 2015: “Look at that face.” 2018: “Horseface.” What is new is the praise, aimed at his own candidates. Ohio votes in six days and will show whether any of it moves anyone.
Sources
- CNN Newsource via FOX10, Oct 26, 2026: Port Huron, Michigan rally on Sunday, Oct 25; remarks about Nicki Minaj and Sen. Jon Husted (quotes)
- The New York Times (Tim Balk, Kenny Holston), Oct 17, 2026, republished by GV Wire Oct 21: Highland Heights, Kentucky, Oct 17 (Husted: backside, shoulders, feet, hands, jawline); Dalton, Georgia, Oct 16 (Ossoff ‘not a good-looking man’, Collins ‘all man’); Dallas, Texas (Paxton)
- HuffPost, Oct 2026: Dan Cassino (Fairleigh Dickinson University) on the ‘halo effect’; Jennifer Lawless (University of Virginia) on attention; Trump’s unsourced claim that Husted gained 9 or 10 points; Marist poll Brown +4; Cook Political Report poll Brown +6
- WKBN and WFMJ, Youngstown, Oct 13-14, 2026: Oct 12 rally; Trump called the protester ‘a fat guy’ who should ‘go on a diet’; no arrests; no charges filed (Youngstown police, Mahoning County Sheriff); Mayor Derrick McDowell called it senseless political violence
- NBC News, Oct 2026: video shows the protester, in a ‘Release the Epstein Files’ shirt, grabbed, punched, hair pulled and put in a headlock
- The Associated Press / The Globe and Mail, Oct 16, 2018: timeline of remarks on women’s appearance (Carly Fiorina, Rolling Stone, 2015; Stormy Daniels ‘Horseface’, Oct 2018; Rosie O’Donnell; Heidi Klum; Mika Brzezinski)
- Fox News, 2023: Trump’s mockery of Chris Christie’s weight at a rally and his later defense
- Rolling Stone, Sept 2015: Trump on Carly Fiorina: “Look at that face! Would anyone vote for that?”
- The New York Times, Oct 17, 2026: U.S. Coast Guard Academy commencement, May 2026: “I hate good-looking men”; Dalton, Georgia: “There are some reasons to be president”
This video edition was scripted with automated tools from the sources listed, narrated by a synthetic voice and published by Daniel Varrone. Corrections: editor@monochromechronicles.com