VERIFIED QUOTE · reported 2026-10-25
“I then patted him on the shoulder, and it was like a piece of steel. I’m still recovering,”
Donald Trump · said date not stated · reported 2026-10-25
Trump described patting Husted on the shoulder and finding it like a piece of steel at a Kentucky event.
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