In the picture, Trump's head is superimposed on the hulking body of a
boxer, an image taken from the publicity poster for the Sylvester
Stallone movie "Rocky III." PHOTO | TWITTER
Washington
Days
after causing alarm with an unscheduled trip to the hospital, President
Donald Trump tweeted a
photo-shopped image of himself Wednesday as a
rippling, bare-chested boxer.
The
president is furious over media speculation following his sudden trip to
a government hospital outside Washington last Saturday and the
startling tweet was his latest attempt to put talk of ill health to
rest.
In the picture, Trump's head is
superimposed on the hulking body of a boxer -- an image taken from the
publicity poster for the Sylvester Stallone movie "Rocky III."
The montage, in which a distinctly airbrushed version of the 73-year-old president's face is used, comes without comment.
Not
that the Republican real estate tycoon is shy on the subject. He rarely
misses a chance to talk up his own physical prowess and often makes
unscripted comments -- flattering or derogatory -- about the physique of
other men, often to their face during official events.
On Tuesday, while giving a re-election
campaign speech in Florida, Trump fumed at length in a bizarre rant
about his recent hospital visit.
He
claimed, wrongly, that major media outlets were reporting he'd had a
"massive" heart attack when he was taken, without prior notice, to the
Walter Reed military hospital.
In
fact, most media questioned the unusual circumstances of the visit,
which would usually have been flagged in advance. The White House said
afterward that Trump had simply decided to do part of his annual
physical exam early, in order to save time later.
According
to his last medical exam, in February, Trump is technically obese but
in good health. He rarely exercises, other than playing golf -- as he
did at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida on Wednesday.
At
the campaign rally, Trump told supporters that false media reports of a
heart attack sparked worry among staff back in the White House.
But in the hospital, he claimed, doctors had only had one overriding concern -- to witness his spectacular physique.
"The
first thing they do is say, 'Take off your shirt, sir, and show us that
gorgeous chest. We've never seen a chest quite like it,'" he said.
Aside
from praising his own chest, Trump launched into a description of the
muscles of Republican Florida Governor Ron DeSantis -- a man Trump
explained he previously thought had been fat.
"One day I am with him and I pat him on the shoulder and I go, whoa! That's strong," Trump recalled to the crowd of thousands.
"That's
a lot of muscle there. My hand didn't sink in like it does with a lot
of people. And then I see him without a shirt one day, and this guy is
strong. He's not fat. That's all power. That's all muscle. I want to
tell you that."
Trump has previously
on frequent occasions expressed scorn for opponents' small hands or
admiration for the big hands of visitors to the White House and others.
He
has also attacked female antagonists with lurid physical insults,
including "horse face," while Adam Schiff, one of the top Democrats in
the Trump impeachment probe, is branded "pencil neck."
The
tweeted photo of a hunky Trump drew instant and sustained mockery
online, as well as retweets from the president's admirers, who enjoy the
way he has brought showmanship into the White House.
"Now
we know what they did to him at that mysterious doctor's visit?"
quipped NBC News anchor Andrea Mitchell over the faked Trump boxer.
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