Trump can't stop himself from gushing over male senator's body: 'I've never done this with a man before'

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By PHILLIP NIETO, US POLITICAL REPORTER

Published: 21:34 BST, 17 October 2026 | Updated: 22:03 BST, 17 October 2026

President Donald Trump gushed over Senator Jon Husted’s backside for the second time this month, telling a crowd of supporters on Saturday that he once gave the Ohio Republican a full head-to-toe inspection.

‘I stood right over here, and I examined his a**. I never did that— no, I never did that with a man before,’ the president said at Northern Kentucky University’s Truist Arena in Highland Heights.

‘I examined his a**, and then I looked at his shoulders. I looked at his feet. I looked at his hands. I looked at his jawline,’ Trump continued, before marveling that Husted’s jaw was so strong it would be ‘very unfortunate’ to pick a bar fight with him.

The president first unveiled his body appraisal at a rally in Youngstown, Ohio, earlier this month, where he made the nearly identical claim that he had never looked a man up and down before.

Trump then recalled patting the senator on the shoulder and finding it ‘like a piece of steel,’ adding: ‘I’m still recovering, my hand.’

He went on to boast that Husted has ‘picked up like nine or 10 points’ since the president first started talking about the senator’s physique.

However, polls show Husted still trailing Democrat Sherrod Brown in head-to-head surveys and showing no sign of a Trump-fueled bounce.

The president’s rambling tribute comes as Republicans face the possibility of losing their majorities in both the House and Senate in November. 

‘I stood right over here, and I examined his a**. I never did that— no, I never did that with a man before,’ the president said

Trump again doubled down on his praise for Husted's body to a crowd of supporters in Kentucky

A Bowling Green State University poll released this week found Brown leading Husted 48 percent to 42 among likely voters, with the Democrat’s lead actually doubling since September.

The RealClearPolitics polling average puts Brown ahead by more than three points, and a recent Marist survey had him up by eight.

Trump dismissed Brown on Saturday as ‘a very bad candidate, a failed senator,’ insisting Husted has ‘a really good chance’ of beating him.

Brown lost his Senate seat in 2024 but is now mounting a comeback in Ohio’s special election against Husted, who was appointed to fill JD Vance’s old seat.

Saturday’s rally was officially held to boost Kentucky Republicans Andy Barr, who is running for Mitch McConnell’s open Senate seat, and congressional candidate Ed Gallrein.

But the president spent a chunk of his speech reliving his inspection of a senator from a different state entirely, leaving some in the arena visibly puzzled.

Trump’s Kentucky stop is the latest leg of a red-state blitz that has taken him through Ohio and Georgia in recent days as Republicans scramble to hold Congress.

With just over two weeks until the midterms, the president appears convinced his colorful testimonials are moving the numbers even if the pollsters disagree. 

The Daily Mail has reached out to the White House for comment.