President Donald Trump went on an eyebrow-raising riff about Jeffrey Epstein while stumping for Republicans in Ohio ahead of Tuesday midterm elections.
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Trump → go → elections
Trump remained tight-lipped about the late convicted sex offender and wealthy financier as his administration faced backlash last year over its handling of government files relating to its federal sex trafficking case against Epstein.
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administration → remain → Epstein
The heat on Trump was turned up when The Wall Street Journal released an article in July 2025 about a bawdy birthday letter Trump reportedly wrote to Epstein in 2003, that read: “May every day be another wonderful secret.”
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day → turn → 2003
In a rare remark about Epstein, who ran in the same social circles as Trump decades ago, the president said Wednesday night that he threw him the “hell out of Mar-a-Lago.”
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he → run → Lago
The president started off his rally in Chillicothe Wednesday night gushing over Republican Senator Jon Husted’s body, which has become an odd common occurrence in the lead-up to the election.
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which → start → election
Then he was interrupted by a heckler who shouted about Epstein and Trump’s alleged connections.
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who → interrupt → Epstein
“I threw Epstein out of a club like 20 years ago because I thought he was a wackjob,” Trump said to cheers from the crowd.
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Trump → throw → crowd
“That was a great thing I did; I must tell you.”
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I → do → you
Trump, who was never formally accused of any wrongdoing relating to Epstein’s crimes, added that he was “totally exonerated from him.”
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he → accuse → him
The president called protesters who have routinely disrupted his cross-country rallies this month, “sick, weak people.”
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who → call → rallies
This was Trump’s third visit to the Buckeye State as he tries to drum up support for Husted and other Republicans on the ballot.
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he → try → ballot
The president accomplished his job of making Husted more well-known among voters — but not in the way you’d expect.
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you → accomplish → way
Instead of making headlines over his political platform, the former college football star gained national attention over his rear, specifically Trump’s fascination with it.
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star → make → it
At a rally in Youngstown earlier this month, Trump admitted to admiring Husted’s body.
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Trump → admit → body
I'm standing over here, and I don't do this with men very often.
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I → stand → men
I started examining [Husted’s] body because I didn't know he was a great athlete, and I looked, and I watched up and down,” Trump told his supporters with Husted in the crowd.
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Trump → start → crowd
“I looked at his a**, and I looked at the whole, and
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I → look → whole
then I looked at his hands.
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I → look → hands
He's got these like claws.
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He → get → claws
While Trump has blamed the media for not letting his odd comments die down — he is the one who keeps bringing it up at his rallies.
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who → blame → rallies
”I made the mistake of saying — that I started off by studying his a**,” the president said at a rally in Lubbock, Texas, Tuesday night.
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president → make → Lubbock
“And then I looked at his feet, and they were massive.
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they → look → feet
Then I looked at his hands...
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I → look → hands
he has fingers like sausages.”
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he → have → sausages
Husted had said he was hitting the weights in anticipation of Trump’s latest visit.
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he → say → visit
"The president is coming in tomorrow again to Ohio,” Husted said at an event Tuesday.
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Husted → come → event
“Don't worry, I was in the weight room this morning working out.
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I → worry → room
I don't want to let him down."
Husted and his opponent, former Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown, are neck-and-neck in recent polls.
They were tied at 47 percent in a new NetChoice/Echelon Insights poll.
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Another poll from Suffolk University had Brown ahead by 3 points, 47 to 44 percent.
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Brown → have → percent
Brown was also leading Husted by 3 points in an InsiderAdvantage poll, 47 to 44 percent.
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Brown → lead → poll