‘A*sman-in-Chief’: Anderson Cooper Plays Montage of Trump Marveling at Men’s Bodies

CNN’s Anderson Cooper deemed President Donald Trump “the a*sman-in-chief” after Trump once again complimented a man’s behind.

At a rally in Ohio last week, the president stumped for Republican Sen. Jon Husted, who is in a close race with former Sen. Sherrod Brown. Trump noted that Husted played college football.

“But I’m standing over here, and I don’t do this with men very often,” Trump said. “I started examining his body because I didn’t know he was a great athlete. And I looked, and I watched up and down. I looked at his a*s and I looked at the whole– and then I looked at his hands. Look at his hands. He’s got these, like, claws. And I got it. You are a great athlete.”

On Tuesday, the president again remarked on Husted’s rear, this time while holding a rally in North Carolina.

During Wednesday’s AC360, Cooper kicked off a segment on Trump’s fixation by airing a clip from Seinfeld, in which Cosmo Kramer mistakenly receives vanity license plates that read, “A*SMAN.” (Kramer later finds out the plates belong to a proctologist.)

“Well, big news for Kramer tonight,” Cooper reacted. “He is no longer New York’s most famous a*sman. Erstwhile Manhattanite and derriere aficionado, President Donald J. Trump, whose approval rating, according to a new CNN poll, is currently at a bouncy 32% thanks to all his political junk in the trunk, is once again making sure voters know that, as far as he’s concerned, Ohio junior Senator Jon Husted is an unmitigated smoke show.”

Cooper later added, “The a*sman-in-chief says his fixation without Ohio’s second-highest ranking senatorial caboose is just a one-off. ‘It’s never been my thing,’ we’ve heard him say. But – and I do emphasize but – the beauty of the make form is not exactly forbidden fruit for him.”

The host then played a montage of Trump complimenting various men:

[On Husted]: I never did that with a man before. I examined his a*s. And then I looked at his shoulders. I looked at his feet.

[On Kentucky Republican congressional nominee Ed Gallrein]: This guy walks through the door. I said, “Look at this beautiful guy.”

[On Georgia Republican Rep. Mike Collins]: I actually think Mike Collins is a good-looking man.

[On Georgia Republican gubernatorial nominee Rick Jackson]: Rick Jackson’s a very handsome, distinguished, beautiful-looking guy.

[On Georgia Republican lieutenant gubernatorial nominee Greg Dolezal]: Oh, he’s a good-looking guy. You’re not allowed to say that about women or men anymore. It’s the end of your political career. But he is a good-looking guy.

[On Montana Republican Sen. Tim Sheehy]: I wish Tim didn’t look that good. You know, he’s a very handsome guy. I don’t like handsome guys.

[On Husted again]: I started examining his body. I watched up and down. I looked at his a*s.

[On Tennessee Republican Sen. Bill Hagerty]: Is he central casting, by the way?

[On Oklahoman men]: You can’t miss a big, strong, handsome Oklahoma studs.

[On New York Giants quarterback Jaxson Dart]: I’m looking at the legs, though. He’s this beautiful guy. He’s got legs like tree trunks.

[On Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker]: He’s a handsome guy, by the way. I didn’t, it’s usually not my thing, but he is a good-looking sucker.

[On former pro golfer Arnold Palmer]: Arnold Palmer was all man… When he took showers with the other pros. They came out of there. They said, “Oh my God, that’s unbelievable.”

Cooper then made some more cracks about men’s rear-ends before concluding, “As for Husted, his a*s may be hard, but his polling is soft. According to the latest CNN poll of polls, he’s down five points.

Watch above via CNN.

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