U.S. election, Donald Trump kicked off a rally on Saturday night with a lengthy story about the late Arnold Palmer and at one point even praised the legendary golfer’s genitalia.Trump was campaigning in Latrobe, Pa., where Palmer was born in 1929 and learned to golf from his father, who suffered from polio and was head pro and greenskeeper at the local country club.And while many who visit Latrobe speak about the golfing great, Trump delivered a long and meandering monologue about Palmer’s life story and even threw in a joke about Palmer’s manhood.“Arnold Palmer was all man, and I say that in all due respect to women — and I love women,” Trump said.
“But this guy, this guy, this is a guy that was all man. This man was strong and tough.
And I refuse to say it, but when he took showers with the other pros, they came out of there, they said, ‘Oh my God, that’s unbelievable.'”He laughed before continuing: “I had to say. We have women that are highly sophisticated here, but they used to look at Arnold as a man.”Despite the odd choice of topic, one of Palmer’s daughters, Peg Palmer Wears, said she was unconcerned by the comments about her dad.
“There’s nothing much to say. I’m not really upset,” she told The Associated Press in an interview on Sunday.
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