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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhat Donald Trump’s Short Fingers Mean for His Presidency
http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2016/01/donald-trump-short-fingers-baby-carrotsFor Achilles, it was the heel. For Samson, it was the hair. For Beast, twas' beauty. Donald Trump may appear impervious to the sharpest Republican barbs, but he has one proven weakness over the course of his four decades in overly public life: stubby fingers.
Trump has presumably had short fingers for as long as he's had fingers, but it wasn't until 1988 that anyone called attention to it. That year, Spy magazine began the practice of needling Trump at every opportunity by referring to him in virtually every story as a "short-fingered vulgarian." ("Queens-born casino profiteer" would also do.) Trump defended his honor in the New York Post, stating that "my fingers are long and beautiful, as, has been well-documented, are various other parts of my body."
In an essay last fall, former Spy editor Graydon Carter revealed how much this pissed Trump off: To this day, the Republican presidential front-runner continues to mail Carter photos of himself, and "[o]n all of them he has circled his hand in gold Sharpie in a valiant effort to highlight the length of his fingers." The most recent one even included a message: "See, not so short!" On Friday, Republican Sen. Ben Sasse of Nebraska even joined in on the fun, responding to an insult from Trump by joking, "you'd think I asked Mr @realDonaldTrump abt the length of his fingers or something important like that."
So just what do Trump's Bart Simpson hands have to do with making America great again? According to Madame La Roux's 1993 treatise on palm reading, The Practice Classical Palmistry, quite a lot!
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What Donald Trump’s Short Fingers Mean for His Presidency (Original Post)
ErikJ
Feb 2016
OP
The Donald has small feet for his height too...and you what they say about small feet....
Brother Buzz
Feb 2016
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LakeVermilion
(1,042 posts)1. As a short fingered person
I have to agree with the premise. I don't care to get into discussions about details, instead I seek quick solutions to problems. Many times I've chosen the correct path, but when things don't progress, I cut my losses...quickly.
ErikJ
(6,335 posts)8. Just stay away from nuclear missiles eh?
Brother Buzz
(36,444 posts)2. The Donald has small feet for his height too...and you what they say about small feet....
Small shoes
3catwoman3
(24,007 posts)3. I do not want to think about...
...any of Trump's body parts - long, short, shriveled or otherwise.
especially the shriveled parts.
BTW, is that not the grossest photo
3catwoman3
(24,007 posts)10. For a number of reasons, yes.
The tight fit of those trousers suggests that his fingers might not be the only short part of his anatomy.
Angel Martin
(942 posts)5. What Donald Trump’s Short Fingers Mean for His Presidency?
that he wears a small golf glove ?
Bucky
(54,026 posts)6. Do you think OJ Simpson's gloves would fit him?
linuxman
(2,337 posts)7. At this point, I'm convinced mother Jones is a RW parody sight.
Nobody could honestly find them credible without some serious willful ignorance.
Mendocino
(7,495 posts)9. Elsewhere in the world of pseudoscience
Elvis spotted riding in UFO giving Sasquatch a phrenology exam.
C_U_L8R
(45,003 posts)11. And I just thought...
it meant he had a little trump