President Trump took some time to ramble about how much he despises attractive people while he spoke to troops at the USS George Washington Yokosuka Naval Base in Yokosuka, Japan.
“It comes from you people, incredible people, good-looking people—too many good looking people,” Trump said during his speech. “I don’t like good looking people. I never liked good people, I’ll be honest with you. I’ve never admitted that before.”
Trump to troops in Japan: “I don’t like good looking people. I never liked good looking people. I’ll be honest with you. I’ve never admitted that before. But see I’m allowed to — we won at the Supreme Court a thing based on merit. You know about that, right?” pic.twitter.com/GSFjFiAQPe
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 28, 2025
He then appeared to reference the Supreme Court’s ruling overturning affirmative action, claiming that he reinstalled merit in the U.S.
“You know, we won in the Supreme Court, a thing based on merit. You know about that right? Merit. Everything now in our country is based on merit. And that’s why I look at you and I see nothing but merit. It’s great to have a country back where we can go by merit now, we don’t go by anything else, except for talent and work and hard work.”
These bizarre tangents are all too common for the president. He claims to be doing his famous “weave,” but watching clips like these back quickly remind us that this is a 79-year old-former reality TV host who brags about acing dementia and Alzheimer’s exams.
His disdain for hot people wasn’t the only strange moment of Trump’s address to U.S. troops. He lied that energy and grocery prices are “way down.” They are not. He also told the sailors to “go out and buy a Toyota” and said that former President Joe Biden claimed to be a pilot, which seems to be completely made up. Is it the aviators?
Trump to troops: “Biden used to say he was a pilot. He was a pilot, he was a truck driver, whatever, whoever walked in. He wasn’t a pilot. He wasn’t much of a president either to be honest with you. That I can tell you. That we all know.” pic.twitter.com/8xGiWQf9Vd
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) October 28, 2025
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