There has been a lot of talk lately about Donald Trump’s very outspoken obsession with various people’s physical attributes. Much of what he says is insulting: calling people fat (look who’s talking!), ugly (ditto), effeminate, and in one case even — heaven help us — “Mongoloid.”
Then there are those he admires. Slender women with long blonde hair, big smiles, and a striking resemblance to his daughter Ivanka seem to head the list. And of course there’s the contingent of those who appear to be keeping at least one unethical plastic surgeon in business producing various iterations of the “Mar-a-Lago Face.”
Some men — but mercifully not all — are shallow enough to seek only two qualities in a woman: sex appeal and subservience. And that shallowness doesn’t seem to decrease with age; they just transition from disgusting young men to dirty old men.
But what about Trump’s comments on the physiques of other men? That has become truly bizarre of late, and was topped off on Saturday at a rally in Kentucky when he mentioned — not for the first time — his admiration of Ohio Republican Senator Jon Husted’s muscular build, 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. I then patted him on the shoulder, and it was like a piece of steel. I’m still recovering.”
[Source: Patrick Svitek, CNN, October 18, 2026.]
There are many who attribute this . . . um . . . let’s say “unacceptably unpresidential behavior” to a form of cognitive decline, perhaps dementia. Others just call it sexually aberrant. And maybe they’re right. Maybe it’s a bit of both. But I have another theory.
I am not a mental health professional. But I suspect it may just be the sad case of a mentally and physically deteriorating old narcissist who realizes he no longer has what it takes, and is so totally, insanely envious of younger, stronger, better-looking men that he can’t avoid making comparisons between them and himself.
Unfortunately, he also can’t stop sharing those thoughts with the rest of the world, usually trying to pass it off as a joke. Maybe that’s where the derangement comes in: he no longer possesses a verbal or moral filter (if he ever did).
It is, of course, deeply embarrassing to our country to have to admit that this shell of a man is our president. But, no matter how despicable and amoral an individual may be, it is sad to see any human being fall apart before our eyes.
Still, when that person holds the future of our country in his hands, shouldn’t the national welfare — and please excuse the pun — trump whatever sympathy we may feel?
Just sayin’ . . .
Brendochka
10/21/26
