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Scott Jennings Gives Cringe Defense of Trump Thirsting Over Men

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Scott Jennings Gives Cringe Defense of Trump Thirsting Over Men

CNN CNN’s resident Trump defender Scott Jennings has provided a bizarre explanation for the president’s fixation on the male physique.

Hosting a panel on State of the Union Sunday, Dana Bash played a montage of clips from 80-year-old Trump’s Saturday rally at Northern Kentucky University.

Speaking admiringly of Ohio senator Jon Husted, 59, Trump crooned: “He came up, and he was talking very nicely, and I stood right over here, and I examined his a--.

I never did that with a man before.” Admitting to his roaming eyes, Trump described: “I examined his a--, and then I looked at his shoulders, I looked at his feet, I looked at his hand, I looked at his jawline, studying.” The married president then fantasised about an “unfortunate” challenger picking a fight against Husted in a bar, and described patting his shoulder only to find that “it was like a piece of steel.” “Trump being Trump?” Bash asked after the clips played.

“Or is it like... what’s your take on that, Scott Jennings?” Trump on Jon Husted: "I examined his ass" pic.twitter.com/7skGEJZPoK — Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 17, 2026 “Well, I’ll give you some serious analysis,” Jennings said, before smirking as he reasoned: “He likes big butts and he cannot lie.” “Thank you for this at 9:46am,” former South Carolina rep.

Bakari Sellers replied.

Father-of-three Husted isn’t the only Republican man Trump has been aesthetically admiring in the run-up to midterms.

Speaking in Georgia the day prior, Trump lusted over his GOP hopefuls Mike Collins and Rick Jackson , while criticizing the “Pee-wee Herman” looks of Democrat Jon Ossoff.

“I actually think Mike Collins is a good-looking man.

And he’s all man,” he said.

“I’m not sure about Ossoff.

And I actually think that Rick Jackson is a very handsome, distinguished, beautiful-looking guy.

But anyway...” While Trump’s thirsty words have sparked some confusion among conservative commentators , the president has assured MAGA fans that pointing out the beauty of his colleagues is part of a wider political play.

After first waxing lyrical about Husted’s features on Oct.

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