A new Super PAC is demanding to see Donald Trump’s hand measurements. Americans Against Insecure Billionaires with Tiny Hands PAC has released a new video ad demanding more transparency from the Trump campaign before voters can decide whether to leave the future of the country in his stubby, doll-sized hands.
“It’s a dangerous time for Americans. We need someone who can grasp the complexity of the world and hold off the decline of a great nation,” says the narrator in the ad.
Will Trump even be able to physically pick up the phone at 3 a.m.? When he decides to launch a nuclear war against China or whichever country has annoyed him, will his little nubs even be able to push “the button” all the way down? These are some of the questions posed in the ad.
“With our new ad, Donald Trump can no longer hide his tiny hands from the American people,” PAC spokeswoman Katie Nguyen told The Hill. “That is, of course, unless he tucks them back an inch or two until they disappear inside his big boy sleeves.”
Here’s some background on the tiny-hands Trump controversy, via the man who started it all, former Spy magazine editor Graydon Carter:
Like so many bullies, Trump has skin of gossamer. He thinks nothing of saying the most hurtful thing about someone else, but when he hears a whisper that runs counter to his own vainglorious self-image, he coils like a caged ferret. Just to drive him a little bit crazy, I took to referring to him as a “short-fingered vulgarian” in the pages of Spy magazine. That was more than a quarter of a century ago. To this day, I receive the occasional envelope from Trump. There is always a photo of him—generally a tear sheet from a magazine. On all of them he has circled his hand in gold Sharpie in a valiant effort to highlight the length of his fingers. I almost feel sorry for the poor fellow because, to me, the fingers still look abnormally stubby. The most recent offering arrived earlier this year, before his decision to go after the Republican presidential nomination. Like the other packages, this one included a circled hand and the words, also written in gold Sharpie: “See, not so short!” I sent the picture back by return mail with a note attached, saying, “Actually, quite short.” Which I can only assume gave him fits.
