
Donald Trump assured a national television audience last
night that he’s not lacking in the manhood department. Marco Rubio has
suggested that Trump has ‘small hands,’ and that it could indicate another body
part could be undersized.
night that he’s not lacking in the manhood department. Marco Rubio has
suggested that Trump has ‘small hands,’ and that it could indicate another body
part could be undersized.
Trump immediately brought it up during a Fox News debate at
the Fox Theatre in Detroit.
the Fox Theatre in Detroit.
‘He hit my hands. Nobody has ever hit my hands. I’ve never
heard of this one. Look at those hands. Are they small hands? And he referred
to my hands – if they’re small, something else must be small,’ Trump said,
recalling a Rubio rally this week as he waved his hands to the audience. I
guarantee you there’s no problem. I guarantee.’
heard of this one. Look at those hands. Are they small hands? And he referred
to my hands – if they’re small, something else must be small,’ Trump said,
recalling a Rubio rally this week as he waved his hands to the audience. I
guarantee you there’s no problem. I guarantee.’
Trump repeatedly referred to Rubio as ‘Little Marco’
throughout the night.
throughout the night.
But he initially retracted another insult he’s aimed at the
Florida senator. ‘He’s really not much of a lightweight,’ Trump said.
Florida senator. ‘He’s really not much of a lightweight,’ Trump said.
During a February 28 rally in Salem, Virginia, Rubio mocked
Trump’s hands and drew roars from a crowd of more than 1,000.
Trump’s hands and drew roars from a crowd of more than 1,000.
‘He’s always calling me ‘Little Marco’ … and I’ll admit
he’s taller than me, he’s 6’2″, which is why I don’t understand why he has
hands the size of someone who’s 5’2″.
he’s taller than me, he’s 6’2″, which is why I don’t understand why he has
hands the size of someone who’s 5’2″.
‘Have you seen his hands? You know what they say about men
with small hands,’ Rubio said – adding a pregnant pause.
with small hands,’ Rubio said – adding a pregnant pause.
‘You can’t trust them!’ he snarked.
After the debate, Trump was happy to address the ‘hands’
issue again.
issue again.
‘These hands?’ he asked a group of reporters in the spin
room.
room.
‘Look at these hands!’ he said as he turned them back and forth
and stretched out his fingers for effect.
and stretched out his fingers for effect.
‘These are the hands that can rip a golf ball 285 yards,’
Trump said, gripping an imaginary driver.
Trump said, gripping an imaginary driver.
He motioned to a television reporter – a tall, burly man
from the entertainment program ‘Extra’ – and asked him to put his hand up
against his own.
from the entertainment program ‘Extra’ – and asked him to put his hand up
against his own.
The Donald’s fingers were fatter but longer.
‘See? Look! Hah! My hands are fine,’ he said, triumphantly
as his wife Melania looked away. She stood next to him throughout the exchange.
as his wife Melania looked away. She stood next to him throughout the exchange.
‘And the other thing, I can tell you, it’s fine,’ Trump said
before moving down the rope line for another interview.
before moving down the rope line for another interview.
Trump is said to send pictures of himself with his hands circled
to Graydon Carter, the editor of Vanity Fair, who repeatedly wrote articles
about him while in charge of Spy magazine, referring to him as a
‘short-fingered vulgarian’.
to Graydon Carter, the editor of Vanity Fair, who repeatedly wrote articles
about him while in charge of Spy magazine, referring to him as a
‘short-fingered vulgarian’.
Trump blasted Rubio during the debate as a ‘con artist’ –
turning that epithet back again its originator – as he said he was an absentee
senator.
turning that epithet back again its originator – as he said he was an absentee
senator.
‘He doesn’t vote! He doesn’t show up to work. He defrauded
the people of Florida! You defrauded the people, little Marco.’
the people of Florida! You defrauded the people, little Marco.’
At the end of the night all four candidates on stage pledged
that they would support the eventual Republican nominee.
that they would support the eventual Republican nominee.
‘Even if it’s not me?’ an incredulous Trump asked, before
declaring: ‘Yes, I will.’
declaring: ‘Yes, I will.’


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