Avengers star Dave Bautista calls Donald Trump a 'weak, tubby toddler' in blistering video rant on Jimmy Kimmel
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Avengers actor and former WWE wrestler Dave Bautista mocks Donald Trump as weak and overweight in a video on Jimmy Kimmel's show that tries to puncture his carefully cultivated tough guy image.
'Is he the strong Alpha Man many voters believe him to be? Not according to one of the toughest guys I know, he isn't,' says Kimmel, introducing the sketch, after saying 'young, straight, white men love Donald Trump' and 'see him as a 'macho, macho man.'
It begins in a boxing ring, where Bautista shows off his physical prowess and declares, 'Fellas, we got to talk.'
'A lot of men seem to think that Donald Trump is some kind of tough guy. He's not.'
Then he goes through a series of one-liners. 'Look at him. He wears more makeup than Dolly Parton,' he says, as the camera cuts to a bronzed image of Trump.
He says 'the guy's afraid of birds,' and 'had his daddy pay a doctor to say his little feet hurt so he could dodge the draft' – a reference to the bone spurs that kept him out of Vietnam but haven't kept him off the golf links.
Actor and retired WWE wrestler Dave Bautista tries to take on Donald Trump's Alpha male image in a Jimmy Kimmel sketch
The video shows unflattering images of Trump's 'gut,' which he compares to a 'garbage bag full of buttermilk.'
Other jokes take on Trump's challenges with an umbrella, the super hero-esque trading cards he hawks, and his challenges sipping from very small bottles of water, to laughs from the Jimmy Kimmel Live crowd.
That gets contrasted with Bautista, who played Drax in the Guardians of the Galaxy franchise, performing various feats of strength, while ranting that Trump 'cheats at golf' and has 'jugs – big ones, like Dolly Parton.'
Some of the insults aren't appropriate for all ages, but Bautista also says he's 'moody, he pouts, he throws tantrums' and 'bends over for Putin.'
The gag earned laughs in the studio audience, but takes on an vulnerability that is quite serious for Kamala Harris: the erosion of support among men.
It is part of the landscape of an election where the candidate seeking to be the first woman president is taking on Trump, who is making the 'fight, fight, fight' champ and surviving an assassin's bullet a central part of his reelection effort.
Bautista calls Trump 'tubby' and compares him to singer Dolly Parton
The comedian Jimmy Kimmel said 'young, straight, white men love Donald Trump' and 'see him as a 'macho, macho man,' a reference to the Village People song played at Trump rallies
The sketch features unflattering images of Trump
Trump has long brandished the prowess of the U.S. military, saying he took out a top Iranian military leader and accused rivals of being 'weak' or 'losers.' His convention featured Hulk Hogan, and his rallies feature James Brown's 'It’s a Man’s Man’s Man’s World.'
Trump holds a 10-point lead among men in the latest Wall Street Journal poll. Harris is building up a strong lead among women, with abortion rising as a top issue.
Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk told podcast listeners that 'If you are a man in this country and you don’t vote for Donald Trump, you’re not a man.'
Former President Barack Obama has warned black men, amid signs of erosion of their support for Harris.
'You’re thinking about sitting out or supporting somebody who has a history of denigrating you, because you think that’s a sign of strength, because that’s what being a man is?' Obama asked in Pennsylvania. 'That’s not acceptable.'
