US President Donald Trump spoke about his personal habit of wearing cosmetics during a campaign rally supporting Republican candidates in Dalton, Georgia, on October 16. According to him, he applies "just a little bit of makeup" and does it himself because, in his words, without cosmetics "he would look like a dead man." The statement came amid Trump's criticism of Democratic Senator Jon Ossoff, whose spending on a makeup artist the president called excessive.
Criticism of Senator Ossoff's Expenses
Speaking to supporters, Trump criticized what he described as significant spending by Democratic Senator Jon Ossoff on makeup artist services. "He pours everything into it. He has a makeup artist, they are always together. I don't know how he manages it, but he spends a lot of money on that," the president stated. According to his claim, Ossoff spent more money on makeup than all other male and female senators in the history of the Senate. However, independent sources have not fully confirmed this assertion, and it remains the statement of a single speaker.
'I Don't Want to Look Like That'
Speaking about himself, Trump emphasized that he uses cosmetics in minimal amounts and does so personally. "I apply just a little bit of makeup and I do it myself. Because if I don't apply a little bit of cosmetics, I'm going to look like a dead man. And I don't want to look like that," he said. These words became one of the most cited fragments of the speech and quickly spread across news feeds.
Reaction in Social Media and Media
Trump's speech sparked intense discussions in social media and foreign media, where his remarks about makeup and the comparison to a "dead man" became the subject of numerous publications and ironic comments. The context of the Dalton rally, held as part of the campaign to support Republican candidates, also gives the statement a political dimension: the topic of the opponent's expenses was used as an element of campaign rhetoric.
