{"id":228785,"date":"2026-10-26T12:12:01","date_gmt":"2026-10-26T12:12:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/trump-rallies-for-mike-rogers-and-nicki-minajs-derriere-in-michigan-the-guardian\/"},"modified":"2026-10-26T12:12:01","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T12:12:01","slug":"trump-rallies-for-mike-rogers-and-nicki-minajs-derriere-in-michigan-the-guardian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/trump-rallies-for-mike-rogers-and-nicki-minajs-derriere-in-michigan-the-guardian\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump rallies for Mike Rogers \u2013 and Nicki Minaj\u2019s derriere \u2013 in Michigan &#8211; The Guardian"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Trump again congratulated Ohio senator\u2019s rear end before his cheeky comment about rapper being \u2018hard to miss\u2019<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/donaldtrump\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Donald Trump<\/a> reiterated his apparent love for buxom bums during a rally in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/michigan\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Michigan<\/a> on Sunday where he encouraged the crowd to compliment rapper <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/music\/nicki-minaj\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Nicki Minaj<\/a>\u2019s behind.<br \/>Trump\u2019s cheeky comments about Minaj\u2019s derriere came as he explained his recent <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/oct\/23\/trump-midterm-rallies-male-bodies\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">observation<\/a> on the Republican Ohio senator Jon Husted\u2019s rear end. Earlier in October, Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/oct\/17\/trump-rally-performance-overview\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">said<\/a> of the former college football player: \u201cI don\u2019t do this with men very often. I started examining his body, because I didn\u2019t know he was a great athlete. And I looked and I watched up and down. I looked at his ass and I looked at the whole \u2013 and then I looked at his hands. Look at his hands. He\u2019s got these, like, claws.<br \/>\u201cYou are a great athlete,\u201d Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/rollcall.com\/factbase\/trump\/transcript\/donald-trump-speech-midterm-political-rally-youngstown-ohio-october-12-2026\/\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">also said<\/a> to Husted. \u201cCongratulations.\u201d<br \/>Trump was speaking at the rally to support <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/sep\/10\/mike-rogers-911-first-responders-votes-abdul-el-sayed\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Mike Rogers<\/a>, the Michigan Republican Senate candidate. The Michigan race between Rogers and Democrat <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/oct\/21\/abdul-el-sayed-michigan-senate-democrats\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">Abdul El-Sayed<\/a> remains neck and neck as both political parties scramble for control of Congress in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/oct\/09\/us-midterms-michigan-georgia-maine-senate-debate-key-takeaways\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">upcoming<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/us-midterm-elections-2026\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">midterm elections<\/a>. But he couldn\u2019t resist his purported other favorite topic.<br \/>This afternoon, Trump said the media buzz about these comments was \u201cfake news\u201d neglecting the athletic context of his statements. Trump said he had just learned Husted was a college athlete when he was \u201clooking at him up and down, and I\u2019m studying him\u201d.<br \/>Trump insisted his subsequent crack was \u201cin fun\u201d. \u201cI said: I looked at his ass, and I\u2019ve never done that with a man before. It\u2019s true. Off the record, women yes, men no, OK.\u201d<br \/>Trump then shouted out Minaj, who the New York Post said was <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/10\/25\/us-news\/gucci-clad-nicki-minaj-joins-trump-in-michigan\/\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">donned<\/a> in \u201chead-to-toe Gucci\u201d today. Minaj, the paper also reported, was seen walking with Trump after leaving Air Force One.<br \/>\u201cBy the way, I looked at one hell of a beautiful ass before \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/music\/nicki-minaj\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">Nicki Minaj<\/a>,\u201d Trump said, prompting celebratory woos from the crowd. \u201cThat\u2019s hard to miss. That \u2013 stand up! That\u2019s hard to miss.<br \/>\u201cOK, I\u2019m going to get back to my story, Nicki,\u201d Trump continued following still more cheers. \u201cI hope Nicki wasn\u2019t insulted, but we love Nicki. She\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2026\/jan\/07\/nicki-minaj-maga-conversion-donald-trump-career\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">been with us<\/a> for a long time.\u201d<br \/>Trump made statements about Husted\u2019s tush just over a week ago in Kentucky.<br \/>\u201cI examined his ass,\u201d Trump said of Husted, who was not at the event. \u201cAnd then I looked at his shoulders. I looked at his feet. I looked at his hand. I looked at his jawline. Studied him. He\u2019s got a jawline.<br \/>\u201cI then patted him on the shoulder, and it was like a piece of steel. I\u2019m still recovering,\u201d Trump said.<br \/>Trump also recently praised the appearance of Ed Gallrein, theRepublican congressional candidate from Kentucky.<br \/>Sign up to <span>The Stakes 2026<\/span><br \/>A weekly guide to what really matters in the US midterms, plus breaking news alerts.<br \/>after newsletter promotion<br \/>\u201cI needed somebody good, and this guy walks through the door,\u201d Trump remarked of Gallrein, in describing his efforts to find a replacement for anti-Maga incumbent Thomas Massie. \u201cI said, look at this beautiful guy.\u201d<br \/>The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment about why Trump has been discussing others\u2019 bodies.<br \/>Trump\u2019s comments come amid criticism of his language style, which some have likened to grotesquerie.<br \/>During a Saturday rally for El-Sayed, Barack Obama <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/oct\/24\/barack-obama-abdul-el-sayed-michigan\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">joked<\/a> about Trump\u2019s White House <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/aug\/19\/trump-white-house-renovations\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">renovation<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/ng-interactive\/2026\/jun\/20\/trump-dc-makeover-frenzy\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">efforts<\/a>.<br \/>\u201cHe\u2019s got the White House looking like Saddam Hussein opened a Cheesecake Factory,\u201d the former president said.<br \/>Meanwhile, Trump said that the US-Canada trade war would <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/oct\/23\/susan-collins-maine-trump-tariffs-canada\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">soon<\/a> be in America\u2019s rear view.<br \/>\u201cCanada has been ripping off the US for years. I had to do it,\u201d Trump said of tariffs during the rally. \u201cWe\u2019ll have that settled pretty soon. They\u2019re willing to give us anything at this moment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMilwFBVV95cUxOc0ZsZ2dESWkwdThIX0ZPS0lXSUxWQ215a0lzVnRBYTlOeW52YzZJeDhUaHZBTk85TDRkT1JPNVZKVHZsOVZVak45VmRvMmkzUXFVd0tobnhWVlJxMWRFNkpobU1fOEE1N0gyblUtNEo1MTVFSHN4QVg2RjBPREE4aUE3Q1VHd0VZVDl3bzVma2g3bGxzM2s0?oc=5\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trump again congratulated Ohio senator\u2019s rear end before his cheeky comment about rapper being \u2018hard to miss\u2019Donald Trump reiterated his apparent love for buxom bums during a rally in Michigan on Sunday where he encouraged the crowd to compliment rapper Nicki Minaj\u2019s behind.Trump\u2019s cheeky comments about Minaj\u2019s derriere came as he explained his recent observation [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":228786,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-228785","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-us","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228785","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=228785"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228785\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/228786"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=228785"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=228785"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=228785"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}