Pete Buttigieg Takes Shot at Trump for Checking Out Sen. Jon Husted's Butt | TMZ DC

It's good to see you Pete. It's good to be back. Hey, I don't know if you caught Trump's rally the other night We were there actually and Trump was like drooling over John Husted He was like, you know, I don't check out men's bodies very often But when I do he's like his ass he's like his hands are big He's he's made of steel like my question to you is like what is Trump doing here? And why is he kind of leaning into that side? I have no idea it is a strange thing to watch but i mean to me it's it's anything but what matters right so whether he's talking about like a republican candidate's body or whether he's talking about you know the arch or whatever crazy thing he's on to it's everything but the stuff that people want the president to be talking about right like where are you on gas prices like where are you on uh getting us out of the war right obviously you don't want to talk about that so it's just the craziest ---- he can think of you don't think that he thinks like John Husted i mean he isn't he's a good looking guy do you he's trying to lean into that side of John Husted because he thinks that's like maybe voters are attracted to that maybe i i don't i don't know maybe he's trying to extrapolate the the the way he you know i mean we see what's going on in in the way he staffs the white house right it seems to be like as much about looks as it is about uh the kind of job anybody can do it's a strange thing to watch why though why does he staff the white house is you know look let me just put it this way i can't relate to that do you feel like though that sex appeal is becoming a bigger part of politics because it's not just republicans it's like Democrats are posting videos of them working out lifting weights putting a nice aesthetic on their Instagram. What do you think? Yeah, I guess I gotta hit the gym more. Geez, uh, you know I don't know about that. It's like maybe it probably always was right. This is probably a thing in the days of JFK. Who knows? Maybe the 19th century, like those mutton chops and handlebar mustaches was like, you know, straight up sex appeal by the, uh by the standards of the day, um, like politics you know like it or or not like image is a really big part of the whole thing. Yeah, right. Um, but I still think more than anything it's not about how a candidate looks, it's not about how, it's not anything about a candidate, it's about, it's about people. It's like, what are you going to do to make my life better and if you got something to say about that then you have my attention but get most voters, but clearly image matters and like someone who I feel like really leans into that is Pete Hegseth, who I know you're not the biggest fan of but he's clearly leaning into this masculinity aesthetic for a reason because there are a certain portion of Americans who want to feel like, yeah, if you mess with us we're gonna kick your ass, yeah but if you're gonna try to do that, if you're gonna try to like lean into the masculinity then, then it's really important not to make an ass of yourself and when you do that especially when you're in charge of the military like that doesn't just make you look silly it diminishes the entire country diminishes the credibility of the military itself look i i think a real warrior knows the difference between like luster and strength the difference between like show and reality and whatever he's doing look he's a tv guy who's been put in charge of the Department of Defense and it shows he's like tv first right instead of security first like military first military families first what you would would want and expect uh him to be doing so i just i don't know worst secretary pete ever as far as i'm not but i'm not biased it also seems like republicans are trying to strip like democrats of masculinity in that like calling james talarico or inferring that he's gay as like a you shouldn't vote for him if that's how like what do you make of that like they're republicans are like trying to be the most masculine party while also stripping democrats of that look i i think it's a show of weakness on their part right like you don't have to resort to that kind of bullshit if you you are in a commanding position of strength, but they're in terrible shape politically. People are pissed about the direction of the country. And so they got to think up something, anything else to try to make this about other than kind of what's actually happening in our lives. Now they've always done this kind of thing, you know, usually it falls flat. I think it's falling flat right now. I don't think the majority of Texans are impressed with that stuff, but it's what they do.