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Muscle, MAGA and the president’s male gaze

The Australian Financial Review (AFR) •
October 27, 2026 • 04:29 AM
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Donald Trump’s simultaneous love for unchecked executive power and a well-turned male ankle is part of a rich authoritarian tradition.

Muscle, MAGA and the president’s male gaze

There are some reasons to be president,” Donald Trump mused at a rally in Georgia earlier this month. Take a wild guess what these might be. The cool armoured car? Custody of the nuclear button? The opportunities for immense corruption? Wrong. The leader of the free world was referring to the joy of living in a house guarded by “big, strong, handsome soldiers”. Under Joe Biden, soldiers were not allowed to be hot, because of woke. Even worse, some of them were girls.

Yes, after two grinding years of governance, Trump is back in his happy place, out on the campaign trail , voicing whichever disconnected thoughts crackle and fizz through his frontal cortex. His favourite rhetorical theme lately is an unexpected one: the official presidential dreamboat rankings.

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