Donald Trump Complimenting 'Good Looking Children' Raises Eyebrows

Critics of were quick to blast the former president on social media after he referred to the children in the audience of a town hall in Iowa as "good looking." The comment came as Trump, the front runner for the Republican presidential nomination, appeared during a live town hall on the same time his GOP presidential rivals, former Ambassador and Florida Governor , , also in Iowa.

During the town hall, moderated by Fox News anchors Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum, the former president was discussing whether he would be committed to if he's elected in November. "Look, NATO has taken advantage of our country," Trump said. "The European countries took advantage as I want to use the word starting with an S but I don't want to do it because I see some young, very good looking children in the audience that I assume they're watching or television, but they took advantage of us on trade, and then they took advantage of us on our military protection." reached out via email Wednesday night to Trump's representatives for comment.

Video of Trump's "good looking children" remark was shared on X, formerly , where the former president's critics called him "creepy." "'Very good looking children' huh?," cynicalzoomer posted on X. "very good looking children" huh? One X user accused the former president of "scoping out the kids in Iowa." “Young, good looking children in the audience” Donald J.

Trump He’s scoping out the kids in Iowa tonight at the Trump town hall. The pedophile can’t help himself. Several social media users shared photos of Trump with late financier and convicted sex offender , with several pointing out that the former president's name was recently mentioned in a recently released batch of court documents involving Epstein.

“Some young, very good looking children in the audience.” Donald J Trump FOX NEWS 1/10/2024 A document released on Monday contained emails that were sent by Sarah Ransome, who has accused Epstein of sexual assault, to columnist Maureen Callahan, regarding incidents that involved high profile people, including Trump.

Trump has not been charged with any crimes relating to Epstein, who was convicted of sexual abuse and . In the court document released on Monday, part of hundreds that have been made public in recent weeks, Ransome alleged the former president had a sexual encounters with "many girls." "[A]nother friend...was one of the many girls that had sexual relations with Donald Trump...She confided in me about her casual 'friendship' with Donald.

Mr. Trump definitely seemed to have a thing for her and she told me how he kept going on about how he liked her 'pert nipples,'" the document said. "I also know she had sexual relations with Trump at Jeffery's NY mansion on regular occasions as I once met Jen for coffee, just before she was going to meet Trump and Epstein together at his mansion." Steven Cheung, a spokesperson for Trump told on Monday, that the information released in the newly unsealed court document is meritless.

"These baseless accusations have been fully retracted because they are simply false and have no merit," Cheung said. Newsweek is committed to challenging conventional wisdom and finding connections in the search for common ground. Newsweek is committed to challenging conventional wisdom and finding connections in the search for common ground..