Appearing at a Pennsylvania rally this evening, Donald Trump veered off into a story about Arnold Palmer that got into comments about the size of the late golfer’s private parts.
The moment came a bit too late in the day to be parodied on tonight’s Saturday Night Live, but it stood out on social media coverage of the Latrobe, PA event, held in the town where Palmer was born.
“Arnold Palmer was all man, and I say that in all due respect to women. And I love women. But this is a guy that was all man.”
“This man was strong and tough, but I refuse to say it but when he took the showers with the other pros, they came out of there. They said, ‘Oh my God. That’s unbelievable.’ I had to say it. We have women that are highly sophisticated here.”
The Trump campaign had signaled that the speech would give a preview of Trump’s closing argument. The former president’s off-script comments are typical parts of his rallies, but some of his recent events have had bizarre moments. Last week, after two medical emergencies in the crowd at a town hall event, Trump instead switched format and listened to recorded versions of Ave Maria three times and other songs on his campaign playlist. He stood on stage and swayed to the music as it was played for nearly 40 minutes.
The focus on penis size also came up during a Republican primary debate in 2016, when Marco Rubio, one of Trump’s rivals then, commented on his “small hands.” “You know what they say about men with small hands,” Rubio said.
Palmer, one of the greatest golfers of all time, died in 2016.
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