Donald Trump held a rally in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, on Friday night to talk about the economy. Or, at least, that was the pretense. In reality, he took several bizarre detours, one of which was his fondness for chair arms and disinterest in women.
About 50 minutes into the rally at North Carolina on Dec. 19, Trump began boasting about tariffs on steel, automobiles, and furniture imports. He began reminiscing about his days in real estate before entering politics, shopping for furniture in the city. But this nostalgia soon turned into a self-portrait of obsession.
Trump described scrutinizing chairs with intense focus, fixating on the arms, curves, carving, and the aesthetic details. And somewhere between that, he thought it was important to mention that he doesn’t look at women anymore. “I’m a very aesthetic person, believe me,” Trump declared, before abruptly adding,
“Except with women. I don’t care what a woman looks like. I don’t even look anymore. I used to say ‘beautiful,’ now I don’t care. Since politics, I never mention looks anymore.”
It’s funny coming from a man who, just two weeks ago, drooled over his Press Secretary’s lips (via Independent). Anyone who knows Trump knows that his political rise was inseparable from ranking women’s appearances and publicly insulting their looks. But on Friday, he insisted that politics had changed him. He claimed that noticing women is “the sign of death” in politics.
Trump even went so far as to claim that even the “most beautiful woman” could walk across him and he won’t look. However, he didn’t stop being obsessed with appearances. He simply redirected that obsession to something safer: Chairs. They cannot sue and do not talk back, so they’re fair game.
The president couldn’t resist reminding the crowd that he was “very good at real estate” before politics. He told the crowd that he’d visit North Carolina regularly to purchase furniture for his buildings back in the day. But the part that stood out was how fondly he spoke of chair arms. It was as if the object of his obsession had shifted from women to chairs.
I would look at a chair—the arm of a chair was very important to me. I’d say, “I like that chair, but this arm has to be a different shape, and you’ve got to chisel that.” I’m a very aesthetic person, believe me.
After claiming that he doesn’t look at women, Trump proudly admitted to gawking at “the arm of a chair.” And he truly spoke like a man in love. Embarrassingly, imagining that our president has a kink for chair arms isn’t entirely weird. We already know about JD Vance’s couch obsession, so Trump’s beloved chairs fit perfectly into that pattern.
I’d say to your artists, “No, no, can you give it a different curve? Can you do a little more carving at the end?” And they would, right in front of me—bing, bing, bing, bing, bing, bing.
Curves on women? Trump says, “Nah.” Curves on a chair’s arm? Our president sees the love of his life. Because, remember, nobody knows about curves better than Trump. His speech wasn’t endearing or humorous. It shows our president can’t stay on topic and is always eager to announce personal revelations no one asked for. Sadly, he thinks that’s leadership.
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