It was presidents’ day when President Donald Trump gave a rundown of what he thinks of past presidents.
Trump’s comments included calling former President Ronald Reagan a “very good looking man” and former President William Howard Taft a “very large” man.
This commentary was heard Friday during an appearance on second lady Usha Vance‘s podcast, “Storytime with the Second Lady.”
Trump, 80, read the children’s book “Presidents Play!” from the White House Historical Association. The book outlines how presidents have enjoyed exercise and sports.
As for himself, Trump said he reads “mostly newspapers. I usually read stories about myself.”
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Trump, who has 11 grandchildren, went through the book and gave commentary on each president.
Lyndon Johnson was a “tough cookie” and Reagan was a “high quality” person and a “very good looking man.”He called George W. Bush and George H.W. Bush “the Bushies.”
He spoke at length about Taft, the nation’s 27th president and “our heaviest president,” why weighed more than 300 pounds.
“Many presidents it says like Donald Trump invite winning teams to the White House. We’ve had them all, which is right here. And it’s true. Winning teams. We have all the Super Bowl teams. In fact, we have the team coming very soon,” Trump said. “We have um all the baseball. The Dodgers were here twice in a row. They won two World Series. We have the basketball. We have everybody come.”
“And then others like President William Taft throw out the first pitch of baseball. He was a large man, very large. And he loved baseball. He’d go to baseball games, loved the hot dogs at the baseball games. He was our heaviest president,” Trump continued. “And I have to be careful, ’cause I don’t want to supersede his record. And a thing like that would be possible if I allowed it to happen. For all of you out there watching, keep yourself in good shape, right? Like you, you’re in such good shape.”
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He also spoke about former President Barack Obama, who Trump said is“obsessed” with him.
“Barack Hussein Obama as a basketball player. I don’t know if he’s a good basketball player. I tend to doubt it. Actually, his favorite sport is golf,” Trump said.
“Oh, is that right?” Vance responded.
“Yeah. But he won’t be in the Masters anytime soon,” Trump answered.