NYT baffled by Trump’s 'puzzling' — and intensifying — fixation on 'male bodies'

President Donald Trump has taken a “puzzling approach” during the final weeks ahead of the midterms, one that The New York Times’ Tim Balk noted had become increasingly frequent.“Mr. Trump has long marveled at the physical appearance of some men, sometimes gravitating to a favored phrase to describe men whose looks he appreciates: straight from ‘central casting,’” Balk wrote in a report published by the Times Saturday. “But lately Mr. Trump has been particularly quick to gush about male bodies.”For years, Trump has praised men for their looks, calling his own brother handsome multiple times in the early 1990s, and calling a random rally attendee in early 2016 a “good-looking guy.” According to Balk, however, the frequency of such instances had appeared to increase, with one such instance occurring this week when Trump admitted to “examining” the body of Sen. Jon Husted (R-OH) from head to toe, including his buttocks.“As...