President Donald Trump rocked the internet when he did not hold back in calling attention to a male politician’s handsomeness.
Trump, 80, has been known to voice his intrusive thoughts regardless of the setting. Sometimes, he can be an open book, even if it embarrasses his wife, first lady Melania, his team or his MAGA supporters.
This week was no different. Trump took the stage saying the most bonkers things anyone would say, let alone in front of other people.
On Oct. 12, Trump spoke at a midterm campaign event in Youngstown, Ohio.
The president entered the Covelli Centre with the intent of rallying the GOP base for local candidates.
Republican Sen. Jon Husted is facing Democratic former Sen. Sherrod Brown in a highly competitive race. Republican office-seeker Vivek Ramaswamy also hopes to win the tough gubernatorial contest against Democrat Amy Acton.
Both Husted, 59, and Ramaswamy, 41, attended the political gathering in Ohio, where Trump gave one man a special shoutout.
“We have to get Vivek, and we have to get Jon. Better to get them in,” Trump told the audience of his loyal MAGA faithful.
However, his attention quickly shifted to one bonkers admission about Husted’s appearance.
Trump said, “I don’t do this with men very often. 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.”
His admission drew chuckles from the crowd. Later in his speech, the POTUS kept offering unscripted compliments about the former college football player.
Nearly 40 minutes later, Trump again singled out Husted to rave about his looks. “Look at that jawline. I’m telling you, I never saw that. I never studied him. And now I study him,” he continued.
Cameras then cut to Husted’s reaction and others in the audience. The married father of three burst into laughter, while Ramaswamy was also seen cackling hysterically near him in the front row.
Online reactions to Trump ogling his male colleague were not as gleeful. Considering MAGA adopted über-masculinity as part of their crusade, the right-wing movement’s leader faced significant mockery for fawning over a man.
“No normal president would ever say this!” one person declared, while another said, “He definitely had no reason to say that.”
“Trump is inappropriate – and talking about leering at an athlete’s … to judge if he’s talented or not is just creepy and gross,” complained a commenter.
Critics went on calling him everything from “weirdo” to “What a Creep.” Another said, “I can’t believe this is real.”
But others couldn’t get over the MAGA crowd applauding for the president’s risqué comments. One tweet read, “I just can’t get over them clapping for what he said.”
Trump has long shared off-the-cuff thoughts that sometimes make people shake their heads or clutch their pearls. However, he usually admits he dislikes men he considers more attractive than him.
In Oct. 2025, the commander in chief went on a tangent about not liking good-looking people while speaking to service members in Japan.
Then in Feb. of this year, he ranted about not being fond of “young, handsome men” before highlighting his taste for gorgeous women.
Trump regularly points out “beautiful” women at rallies despite years of complaining that political correctness could get him canceled.
He recently complimented a female attendee at a rally in Tennessee, prompting critics to describe his remarks as “cringy” and “slimy.”
Husted being the exception to Trump’s hatred of handsome men may be more personal than political. It could also explain the president’s disdain for former president Barack Obama.
Despite polls showing Republicans facing headwinds in the midterms, that did not stop the president from constantly insulting Texas GOP Senate candidate Ken Paxton over his appearance.
