‘I never did that with a man before’: Trump fawns over Ohio Republican’s body at Kentucky rally

President Donald Trump returned Saturday to a subject he had explored on the campaign trail days earlier — Republican Sen. Jon Husted’s body.Speaking at Northern Kentucky University, Trump told an audience that he had scrutinized the Ohio senator while Husted addressed a crowd, describing an inspection that extended from his backside to his jawline.“He came up, and he was talking very nicely, and I stood right over here, and I examined his ass,” Trump said. “I never did that with a man before.”Then he kept going. “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, studying.”Trump on Jon Husted: "I examined his ass"[image or embed]— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) October 17, 2026 at 2:30 PMTrump went on to imagine Husted intimidating someone in a bar, describe the firmness of his shoulder, and suggest his own commentary had improved the senator’s standing with voters.“He’s got a jawline,” Trump said. “You would be very unfortunate if you picked a fight with him at a bar someday.”Trump returned to their physical encounter.“But I then patted him on the shoulder, and it was like a piece of steel,” he said. “I’m still recovering my hand.”Related: Ohio Lt. Gov. Jon Husted to replace JD Vance in the U.S. SenateA campaign story gets another tellingThe president had already described studying Husted’s body at an October 12 rally in Youngstown, Ohio. As The Advocate previously reported, Trump said he looked at the senator’s backside, admired his hands, and repeatedly drew attention to his jawline while talking about Husted’s football background at the University of Dayton.Saturday’s appearance made clear that Trump considered the anecdote worth repeating — and, by his own telling, politically useful.“And he’s picked up like nine or 10 points since I talked about that,” Trump claimed.Earlier in the Kentucky rally, Trump had introduced Husted as a candid