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WWE star Dave Bautista attacks Trump over 'tough guy' pose

WWE star Dave Bautista attacks Trump over 'tough guy' pose

Dave Bautista has mocked Donald Trump's “tough guy” pose, calling the presidential candidate “a weak, chubby toddler.”

Bautista, 55, rose to fame as a WWE wrestler before building a career as an action star in films such as Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy franchise, the James Bond film spook and both parts of dune.

On the last evening Jimmy Kimmel Live!late-night host Kimmel quoted a recent one New York Times According to a survey, Trump has a 17-point lead among male voters over his opponent, Kamala Harris. “But is he the strong, alpha male these men think he is?” Kimmel asked. “Not according to one of the toughest guys I know, he’s not.”

Bautista then presented a short excerpt while training in a gym. “A lot of men seem to think Donald Trump is a tough guy,” the former wrestler said. “He’s not.”

The dune The star went on to point out some of Trump's weaknesses, including the fact that “he wears more makeup than Dolly Parton” and that “his father had to pay a doctor to tell him that his wide feet hurt so he could was able to avoid compulsory military service” and the fact that he meant well looks like “a garbage bag full of buttermilk.”

Bautista went on to mock Trump for “selling imaginary baseball cards pretending to be a cowboy firefighter” even though “the guy is barely strong enough to hold an umbrella.”

Dave Bautista (left) discussed Donald Trump
Dave Bautista (left) discussed Donald Trump (Getty)

Bautista ended the segment by listing various things Trump is afraid of, including “rain,” “dogs,” and “Meryl fucking Streep,” before adding, “Most of all, he's afraid of real, pure-blooded American men.” do.” Find out he's a weak, chubby toddler.”

Elsewhere in the episode, Kimmel criticized Trump for declaring himself the “father of IVF” during an all-female town hall on Fox News.

During the town hall in Cumming, Georgia, with host Harris Faulkner that aired Wednesday, Trump called Alabama Sen. Katie Britt “an incredibly attractive person” before telling the crowd, “I'm the father of IVF .”

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The Republican presidential candidate's campaign team later said it was a joke.

“So they brought the women in, about 100 women – this is the first time Grover Cleveland has been with so many women since they started closing the doors on Miss Teen USA – and it was quite an interview, very well done,” Kimmel quipped.

He continued: “You came to the hot topic of IVF. Now that the Supreme Court has given in to the far-right on the abortion issue, many rightly believe that IVF is next on the list.”

While Trump claims to support fertility treatment, Democrats warn of an overthrow Roe v. Wade and rolling back abortion rights could pave the way for Republicans to target access to IVF next.

“Now that (Trump) has learned what IVF is — and I'm still not sure he does — he wants to act like he's not just a big proponent of IVF, he wants people to know that he is the biggest proponent of IVF,” Kimmel continued.

“Now he claims to be the father of IVF, which has been carried out since 1978,” the presenter added, noting the date the first child was conceived as part of the fertility treatment.

Kimmel then took a swipe at Trump's parenting style. “This guy doesn't even admit he's Eric's father – he's the IVF father,” he teased. “Maybe in his brain it’s short for Ivanka.”

Vice President Kamala Harris also mocked Trump's self-imposed title, calling it “pretty bizarre.”

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