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Why is Trump obsessing over men’s muscles?
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There has always been a flamboyance to Donald Trump. His language, his hair, his addiction to the gay Anthem YMCA - but in recent weeks his chat on the campaign trail has become much more explicit. To cut to the chase, he’s spending more and more time talking about men’s arses. Is Trump becoming more unfiltered in his old age? Why does more and more of his recent attention seem to be fixed on the appearance of the men around him? Or is this all part of his consummate distraction project from the issues he really doesn’t want...
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This is a global production. So he's over here, I'm over here, and I'm studying his body. I've never studied the body of a man before. It's not my thing.
Nothing wrong with it, of course. I always proceeded by saying nothing wrong, but it's never been my thing, to be honest with you. But I looked at his ass and then I looked at his legs and I said, his ass is shit.
It's like a pile of muscle. Then I looked at his legs and I said, Ben, his feet are big. Then I looked at his shoulders and I tapped him on the shoulder and it actually hurt my hand.
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