Again, if Biden or Obama had done any of this it would be nonstop cable coverage on Fox News and other networks. But Trump manages to normalize this behavior. Let me be crystal clear: I am not putting down gay people and I’m not inferring that Trump is gay. I am sharing this montage because gay or straight it is bizarre coming out of another guy’s mouth, and it is unprecedented coming out of the mouth of a head of state. The cultural oddity of this is my point. Secondarily, I agree with a woman I heard speak on Rick Wilson’s podcast, that Trump is bisexual and aromantic — meaning he’s screws anything and loves no one. That resonates to me.
Montage of clips of Trump talking about how hot and handsome he finds various young men that he encounters over the years while praising their muscles and other body parts. pic.twitter.com/Yt5stGsLXT
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) May 30, 2026
I find all this singularly odd. Men don’t normally talk about men this way, not straight men in any event. Even gay men of my acquaintance don’t talk this way publicly and rarely in private. I honestly don’t know what to make out of all of this, other than Trump loves to ogle other guys and wishes he could be like them.
At the very least Trump has a preoccupation with how people look. And that makes sense since television is his religion. Trump is a creature of television. Television made him and he makes television ratings with his bizarre behavior. In many ways it’s a match made in heaven. It’s also a curse for America and democracy.
Trump is not only a product of the glass teat, he got to be president by playing the character of a successful businessman for fourteen years on TV. The inability of the normal person to not know that what they see on TV is fake is appalling. That’s another cultural curse.
It’s tragic that you can’t believe what you see with your own eyes, but if it’s on television, the truth is that it’s scripted, covered in makeup, flattered by lighting and camera angles, and altogether unreal. But we believe the unreal and don’t want to scratch beneath the surface and have intelligent discourse about facts. That’s how America wound up with this guy in office. Our culture, in many ways, has simply been waiting for somebody like Trump to come along and exploit it. And here we are.
You know who is a fu*ked up fuc*ker who’s now fuc*ing the fabric and future of, as you state above, the nations “… culture, in many ways, has simply been waiting for somebody like Trump to come along and exploit it. And here we are…” Perversly and sadly, it could springboard into an exploratory question: Could it be a ‘reap what you sew’ situation, that has allowed the disease and pestelance of the Trump cancer to materialise and set off all the rot that now beduvils the very fabric and future of the nation?
You wrote “reap what you sew.” I assume you meant, “reap what you sow.” Here is the AI explanation:
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The correct phrasing of the famous proverb is “you reap what you sow,” derived from an ancient agricultural metaphor. It means that your future harvest (the results you experience) depends entirely on the seeds you plant (your current actions and choices).
“The inability of the normal person to not know that what they see on TV is fake is appalling.”
Does anyone see the irony in that statement, considering how–for decades–there were “parental advisory” groups so concerned about how CHILDREN were so impressionable that they couldn’t tell the difference between what they saw on TV and real life? Well, I guess we know who obviously missed those warnings.
“Men don’t normally talk about men this way, not straight men in any event. Even gay men of my acquaintance don’t talk this way publicly and rarely in private.”
Well, let’s not forget that Drumpf also talked about how “hot” his own daughter was–something else that “men don’t normally talk about” and yet, Drumpf’s followers just ignored it like it was just normal, everyday locker room chat. (In reality, most men would react to that the way it played out on “Friends” when Monica was dating Dr Richard Burke–played by Tom Selleck–who was one of her father’s friends. When it was learned by her father that Richard was involved with some “young chippie in the City,” he was intrigued and even titillated at the idea. Until he learns the “young chippie” is Monica. Then, he’s a little more taken aback and a bit uneasy with his earlier behavior.)
Now, I can’t speak to how your gay acquaintances talk about other men–especially good-looking ones–but most gay men, especially in safe spaces (most decidedly, in private), are not the least bit reticent about talking about how hot this guy or that guy is. Good lord, just watch any episode of “Drag Race” and watch the queens’ reactions when Ru’s Pit Crew come on the scene. Or when the queens are doing “confessionals” about production numbers with male back-up dancers. Or gay men at gay clubs when there are male strippers performing. Your acquaintances may be a bit reserved around you for reasons of their own but, again, most gay men don’t have a problem talking about guys and their relative hotness.
I agree. Despite my small midwestern town roots I grew up knowing about gay since my uncle was gay. He (like my aunt) was a real asshole but his ‘friend’ Fred was a really nice guy, who would even out of earshot tell me or my sisters not to pay attention to the snotty comments. I also had a gay classmate, who left town right after high school graduation. I was stunned when I reconnected with another classmate earlier this year to learn not only is he still alive and doing well, he’s a Trump supporter! (Like me she can’t figure out why!) Readers know I was a ‘jock’ and also a musician. I played instruments and sang and by high school was into performing arts and yes, there were a few gay people I knew there. Then in college as a member of the Marjorie Lawrence Opera Theater I got to know plenty of gay people and one guy was really cool. And funny. He was great to hang out with because he was quite handsome and down-to-earth and when letting women know he wasn’t interested and why he’d try to steer them my direction!
But yes, gay men can be as crude sometimes talking about other men (and wishing some women were actually guys but really great cross-dressers) as guys can be about women.