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During a visit to the USS George Washington at Yokosuka Naval Base in Japan, Donald Trump stunned the gathered U.S. sailors by quipping: “I don’t like good-looking people… I never admitted that before.”
On the second day of his multi-country tour of Asia, which will wrap up with a planned summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday, Trump praised the Navy’s “ultimate strength” as coming from “the men and women of the rank and file,” describing his audience of uniformed sailors as “incredible” and “good-looking.”
The remarks based on vanity drew a lot of confusion and awkward laughter from the crowds.
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'I don't like good looking people': Trump makes bizarre vanity comment to troops in Japan