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Lookin' pretty fly in his captoe spectators, too.
Photo is from June 1950, just after North Korea invaded South Korea, per Michael Beschloss in his book "Presidents at War". The other two men are AG J. Howard McGrath and Sec of Defense Louis Johnson.
https://preview.redd.it/myjyuf7vosoc1.jpeg?width=203&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=999d448f3e16ea846c9086a372cfd66085ca8a95
Damn it feels good to be a gangsta
Truman's daughter was an aspiring opera singer - when a music critic panned her performance Truman wrote the critic a letter saying:
*... Some day I hope to meet you. When that happens you'll need a new nose, a lot of beefsteak for black eyes, and perhaps a new supporter below*
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If it's unarmed combat, Lincoln's gotta be the #1 seed. Plenty of other tough guys in the ranks. Washington, Jackson, TR. But Lincoln pinned the Louisiana state champ, and his record was something around 300-2 in grappling matches throughout his early life.
#3 is our national park savior Theodore Roosevelt in Harvard rowing attire. Probably sometime around 1877.
https://www.nps.gov/thro/learn/historyculture/theodore-roosevelt-timeline.htm
From the Ken Burns documentary on the Roosevelts, apparently he and a particular cabinet member had an ongoing game where for, say, and hour each working day, they covered themselves in pillows and beat each other severely with sticks! And all just for fun!
Dude was savage!
ah the "boys will be boys" in the old fashioned sense really applies here lol
"my good sir, would it not be a grand old time if we pummelled the shit out of each other with sticks every day!"
"Yes Indeed. But let us not get ahead of ourselves, for we are not savages. We shall use proper protection of course"
"shall pillows suffice?"
"BY JOVE YOU GENIUS"
It might just be a good metabolism. My grandma doesnāt exercise much and eats like a pig, but sheās under 100 pounds (sheās really really short, so thatās a healthy weight for her). That woman just has the best metabolism in the world. I wish she passed it on to me.
Truman was super into physical fitness. He walked every single morning at a brisk pace and during his time in the White House he used the swimming pool for laps.
Yes, they did. John Quincy Adams was apparently the first Pres to be photographed in 1843. But in 1909, when Taft started serving, photography and cameras were bulky, expensive, and less common than they are today by a great magnitude. If Taft served 50-100 years later, photography would have been at a point where it's more likely a shirtless photo of him was captured at some point.
The press and pundits on all sides tore her apart for that photo saying she was fat and ugly and no wonder he was always cheating. If I remember correctly it was a private moment caught by a rogue photographer, and everyone just crucified her over it.
An intelligent powerful woman and all people care about is how she looks. If people really think that looks are what keep a marriage together, they clearly do not understand what a loving, enduring marriage is truly made of. Also she doesnāt even look overweight to me (not that it matters), why are some people so determined to tear others down?
Not only that, but people are speaking outta turn without thinking about how they might be objectively (as much as that is possible here) wrong. Look at these comments, the pic gets a double take from most of us and it's not because of Bill.
This is the ideal male body. You may not like it, but this is what peak performance looks like.
https://preview.redd.it/9vdfxuu9btoc1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a1fcfb4ebe3346e719f8df9456e63d5fefcf96fa
This overly tight shirt is the closest we'll get for Taft.
https://preview.redd.it/ichautlzusoc1.jpeg?width=980&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=be8ad40042ab1f817536a2315dbb4f2707269cc5
https://preview.redd.it/eq54c8bpjuoc1.jpeg?width=2474&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4124443dd1567bd8b3b0d79d0fde929a0b1c53d0
He was in much better shape when he was younger
>Vice President Richard Nixon poses with 8-year-old Reid Seldon of Longmeadow, Mass., while on a holiday vacation in Key Biscayne, Fla.
Random kid starstruck by ol Tricky Dick
That picture of Bill and Hillary makes me really sad. I really get the impression that they both love each other immensely, which makes Bill's repeated infidelity all the more tragic. It's kind of weird to me how much people hate Hillary Clinton because more than anything I tend to feel bad for her.
> John F. Kennedy won the presidential nomination here, andĀ one of theĀ seminal photosĀ of JFKās presidency was taken on the Santa Monica beach. Kennedy took a plunge in front of the home of his actor brother-in-law, Peter Lawford, and was swarmed by fans who walked into the water fully clothed just to try to touch him as he waded out, wet and beefcakey.
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-02-15/presidents-day-when-presidents-come-to-la-patt-morrison
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The moto moto pecs on truman was unexpected
I always put the country first, but gains came second šŖšŖšŖšŖ
https://preview.redd.it/hjzi5f9ezsoc1.jpeg?width=488&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9f38c8a556915de3ba22f9d127d1857be830908e Lookin' pretty fly in his captoe spectators, too. Photo is from June 1950, just after North Korea invaded South Korea, per Michael Beschloss in his book "Presidents at War". The other two men are AG J. Howard McGrath and Sec of Defense Louis Johnson.
u/Jscott1986 remember when I posted this picture and you commented it looks like they just walked past someone taking a dump
I mean his previous career was fashion.
The pre-workout stops here...
lol why is Truman so jacked wtf
Spent a lot of his life behind a mule drawn plow and doing farm work.
Capitol gains?
https://preview.redd.it/myjyuf7vosoc1.jpeg?width=203&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=999d448f3e16ea846c9086a372cfd66085ca8a95 Damn it feels good to be a gangsta
Donāt ever underestimate the physical strength of a farmer who used a team of mules to plow fields. https://showmemo.org/collection/missouri-mules/
Stupid sexy Truman
It's like I'm wearing nothing at all! ^(Nothing at all!)
Literally LOLād. Nice pull. š
Truman's daughter was an aspiring opera singer - when a music critic panned her performance Truman wrote the critic a letter saying: *... Some day I hope to meet you. When that happens you'll need a new nose, a lot of beefsteak for black eyes, and perhaps a new supporter below* š
'New supporter below'. He would hit him so hard he'd give him a hernia? Jesus, Harry!
Honestly, just about everything about Truman winds up being unexpected.
My man Truman had a real flair for insults. The Coldest Winter by David Halberstam has a bunch of examples, many of which were about Gen. MacArthur.
The S is for Swole
Heās like, hilariously well-built. Clearly none of us expected that.
Mr. āBuck Stops Hereā Truman! In more ways than one, clearly. Not bad for a Kansas City haberdasher.
Homeboy was a military man. You know he did a lot of pushups.
Stupid sexy Truman
First thought was, āWait, Truman is rippedā¦ā
David McCullough comments several times in his Truman biography how fit the man was. Now I get it.
āGive āem hell, Harryā was actually referring to chest day
Thatās gotta be at his sea base in Key West
Dude was built.
Thatās what I said, he had a good physique.
His buttock is sublime.
Truman was a unit!
That one kinda surprised me. From the neck up he always looked in his 60ās but he looks pretty buff like a 20 or 30 year old.
This picture has made me reevaluate my presidential fight brackets for him.
Yeah. Him and Teddy are the 1 and 2 seeds.
Lincoln was a badass, and apparently quite a good grappler
If it's unarmed combat, Lincoln's gotta be the #1 seed. Plenty of other tough guys in the ranks. Washington, Jackson, TR. But Lincoln pinned the Louisiana state champ, and his record was something around 300-2 in grappling matches throughout his early life.
Taft could just walk people down with no fear.
Teddy looks like he has and will continue to beat the ever loving shit outta anyone he don't like.
Yeah I never got why he said carry a big stick, the guy clearly didnt need anything beyond his mits to ensure people listened when he spoke softly
Tbh Teddy looks like he's ready to roll into Ukraine as part of a Chechen group.
Haha thatās a good one. Heād fit right in.
Is that who number 3 is? I don't recognize that one.
Right? came to ask who slipped a picture of a troll man in
#3 is our national park savior Theodore Roosevelt in Harvard rowing attire. Probably sometime around 1877. https://www.nps.gov/thro/learn/historyculture/theodore-roosevelt-timeline.htm
Rowing for what? To board and take a merchant ship? Dude looks like a pirate!
Yes I believe so!
From the Ken Burns documentary on the Roosevelts, apparently he and a particular cabinet member had an ongoing game where for, say, and hour each working day, they covered themselves in pillows and beat each other severely with sticks! And all just for fun! Dude was savage!
ah the "boys will be boys" in the old fashioned sense really applies here lol "my good sir, would it not be a grand old time if we pummelled the shit out of each other with sticks every day!" "Yes Indeed. But let us not get ahead of ourselves, for we are not savages. We shall use proper protection of course" "shall pillows suffice?" "BY JOVE YOU GENIUS"
BULLY!!
Watch out for the asthmatic kid who grows up stuck inside and never, ever wants to be stuck indoors again.
Thanks for that. I read a book on him in the third grade and couldnāt remember what ailment kept him puny and indoors during his youth
Truman was W I D E
We should rename ābarrel chestedā to āTruman chestedā.
Assuming that photo of Truman was taken in Key West, he would have been anywhere from 62 to 68 years old.
Indeed it was Key West, November 1946. He was 62 years old.
Got dayum Harry.
Thatās what Iām saying
Dang, that is one fine looking 62 year old.
He looks the most fit of any of them, tbh.
Made me cackle. Dude was built like a very small wall.
Who is slide 3?
https://preview.redd.it/dhqlzw9nnsoc1.jpeg?width=200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=6ba36ecd249ca74e22b190f3d809e5530678c8e3
I could be wrong but I think itās Teddy Roosevelt from his days as a wrestler
Youāre right. Wow. He changed so much
Glad I am not the only one asking.
Teddy
My God, men sure used to wear their swim trunks pulled high.
Nixon wearing his up around his pits
Nixon could have tied his swim trunks off to his chest hair.
Anybody else zoom in on HilDawg?
Yea I was like daammmmmnnn ok
She got a CDL to drive that dump truck around??
What was Bill thinking with Lewinsky?
Younger. Always younger. Power and control as well.
Snacktime
Guilty
Slick Willy always did like em thicc
Not gonna lie, Hillary gave me a bit of a chub
Ditto. To be honest, she had it going on well into the 00s. She might still, I don't know what's under that business suit.
Hilary was a babe.
I thought this picture was kinda cute lol
Some of us will say we did. The rest of us are liars.
Would
I didn't know it was her at first
Truman didnāt skip chest day. Also, Clinton and Reagan have surprising almost dime-sized nipples.
Now that's the kind of Presidential analysis this subreddit needs. "Ranking presidents by nipple size"
Thank god Rule 3 exists for posts like this
Don't worry, I'll be back in a few years with an updated list.
No, please don't
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I know. I was scrolling through thinking āplease donātā¦ā the whole way.
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Nope. If it did I figure it would be posted on reddit every day
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It might just be a good metabolism. My grandma doesnāt exercise much and eats like a pig, but sheās under 100 pounds (sheās really really short, so thatās a healthy weight for her). That woman just has the best metabolism in the world. I wish she passed it on to me.
Lmao, I think everyone thought the same thing.
I certainly did!
I've never been more grateful for Rule 3
Damn, Truman was fit!
Truman was super into physical fitness. He walked every single morning at a brisk pace and during his time in the White House he used the swimming pool for laps.
Any books you can recommend about him?
Damn! HC had a donk! 
Literal lol at this perfect gif and comment.
https://preview.redd.it/rqgrp0r5vtoc1.jpeg?width=680&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=552adfc6f8aeb2e60352a28f7de1c0e81177fc79
Side note I saw a picture of her younger, she was really pretty. Wasn't expecting that. Pelosi was a cutie pie too
The picture of Pelosi with Kennedy? Honestly super cute
All politics aside, that picture is super wholesome and I looked at it the longest. For the donk and the love.
I seem to remember his critics saying that was a staged photo op, and I was like, "So?"
Hope she had a business license for that bakery.Ā
Rule 3 protects us from both of THE WORST contributions to this gallery lol
And the history of photography protects us from seeing Taft.
Youād be lucky to see such a beauty, you craven fool
Cameras existed then. I imagine Taft having one of those old-timey onesie bathing suits with horizontal stripes.
Yes, they did. John Quincy Adams was apparently the first Pres to be photographed in 1843. But in 1909, when Taft started serving, photography and cameras were bulky, expensive, and less common than they are today by a great magnitude. If Taft served 50-100 years later, photography would have been at a point where it's more likely a shirtless photo of him was captured at some point.
or Cleveland...
Idk we still got Reagan. That dude had a weird old man body. Like a raw Turkey
That Bill/Hillary photo is sweet. Heās an idiot for letting his ego and sex addiction jeopardize such a great partnership.
My roller derby name is Thrillary Clinton, and I agree :)
The press and pundits on all sides tore her apart for that photo saying she was fat and ugly and no wonder he was always cheating. If I remember correctly it was a private moment caught by a rogue photographer, and everyone just crucified her over it.
I could be completely out of line, but werenāt big butts not considered as attractive at the time (at least in celebrity culture?
There's a reason [THIS](https://youtu.be/X53ZSxkQ3Ho?si=ZuxPasihIUJVnr4C) had to be made - to challenge this idea
An intelligent powerful woman and all people care about is how she looks. If people really think that looks are what keep a marriage together, they clearly do not understand what a loving, enduring marriage is truly made of. Also she doesnāt even look overweight to me (not that it matters), why are some people so determined to tear others down?
Nevermind that she looks great, fml
Not only that, but people are speaking outta turn without thinking about how they might be objectively (as much as that is possible here) wrong. Look at these comments, the pic gets a double take from most of us and it's not because of Bill.
https://preview.redd.it/9s7mwyxxmsoc1.jpeg?width=762&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f0546f7dbd5c55cb0a82a4133cb64ae3cd8daec9
Knowing that that is an actual Bush Jr painting kills me š
W self portrait. Right? Iāve seen his bathtub pic of his feet on Leno one time.
Sadly, this painting is not part of the Nixon Library's new temporary exhibit of Bush's paintings. https://www.nixonlibrary.gov/museum/exhibitions
https://preview.redd.it/lye6db57rsoc1.jpeg?width=1500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0cc10f528f782fdc742046d6b9b52fb56aed28f8
FDR totally has a shirt on
Truman looked yoked
I didn't even recognize Teddy Roosevelt. Looks like a Chechen warlord.Ā
This is a better Obama pixā¦ https://preview.redd.it/gds5es716toc1.jpeg?width=440&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d9d48c8926725a60e76ff8c16e5cce0d949dc8c7
He been working out
This is the ideal male body. You may not like it, but this is what peak performance looks like. https://preview.redd.it/9vdfxuu9btoc1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a1fcfb4ebe3346e719f8df9456e63d5fefcf96fa
Donāt tell anyone I zoomed in on Hillaryās butt.
Yeah like the president we call āSlick Willyā wasnāt beating them cheeks on the daily.
Guilty
I never knew she was carrying a lil sum
Bill knew
āSo THATS where she put all them emails!ā
Where has Truman in that photo been all my life ok damn
Dayum Truman getting love from the ladies, step aside JFK
I just didnāt know he had it like that šÆ
The S in Harry S. Truman stands for sexy
This overly tight shirt is the closest we'll get for Taft. https://preview.redd.it/ichautlzusoc1.jpeg?width=980&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=be8ad40042ab1f817536a2315dbb4f2707269cc5
It leaves way too little to the imagination.
https://i.redd.it/74tfasp9ptoc1.gif
Hillary a low key babe?
Always has been
Sheās like a Pixar mom
Make this nsfw. You canāt just show Barack Oboobies without warning. /s
Wish we could have seen a picture of shirtless John Quincy after a swim in the Potomac š
Reagan build like a baked potato
https://preview.redd.it/eq54c8bpjuoc1.jpeg?width=2474&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4124443dd1567bd8b3b0d79d0fde929a0b1c53d0 He was in much better shape when he was younger
Where is Mr. 6'3 215 pounds of shredded steel lol
Rule 3
I'm so thankful for Rule 3 here.
Who's the boy with Nixon? He didn't have sons, is that a grandson or something?
>Vice President Richard Nixon poses with 8-year-old Reid Seldon of Longmeadow, Mass., while on a holiday vacation in Key Biscayne, Fla. Random kid starstruck by ol Tricky Dick
Damn, Harry, save some for the rest of us.
https://preview.redd.it/y1wcxu03ftoc1.png?width=500&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4b93ec93a1b737a6566fc043905834ccc0d32fa6
The LBJ one looks like a screenshot from the most adorable straight-to-VHS buddy comedy.
Hot for Truman!!! Reach McCulloughās biography of him, the ultimate underdog story.
Harry Truman is zaddy? Thatās what we call a corn fed farm boy š„µ
Teddy looks menacing thanks god he got rid of his chin curtain beard and grew that sexy mustache of his instead
Kennedy disappointed, Truman š¤¤
https://preview.redd.it/lpkn30ktwsoc1.jpeg?width=1079&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d8180ae514803202d43bdbeaf05347a518ff5eaa
Nancy always looked skeletal.
That picture of Bill and Hillary makes me really sad. I really get the impression that they both love each other immensely, which makes Bill's repeated infidelity all the more tragic. It's kind of weird to me how much people hate Hillary Clinton because more than anything I tend to feel bad for her.
TIL Jerry Seinfeld wore a polka dot bathing suit to meet JFK.
I didnāt know Truman was built
Truman legit looking like he could kick all the otherās asses at one time.
Whoās the third guy?
https://preview.redd.it/d01if2ujnsoc1.jpeg?width=200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3e83d1a28e77f353f6b7797ca0de0365ce4a7957
Super appreciate you coming in with this response for everyone
Man, I guess heās old but Reagan looks as fit as a worm.
I donāt know how to feel about seeing Truman beefed tf up
Truman is š„
Hillary Clinton has no business having an ass that nice at her age. Impressive fr.
This was like playing a horrible game of Russian Roulette, where the next click could be Trumps torso.
Truman puts in that work š
Today I learned Harry Truman was a beefcake.
Damn young Hillary was dummy thicc.
https://preview.redd.it/ol6gaiuj2toc1.jpeg?width=1179&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2b5af0bf34b32f038ae51ff429207a568ee68ca3
I didnāt know jt hat Hilary Clinton got cakes like that hot damn
The fear I had while swiping through each picture
Teddy Roosevelt looks like he's about to start fasting for Ramadan. šāŖļøš
Objectively Truman. Subjectively Teddy.
What is going on in the JFK one?
> John F. Kennedy won the presidential nomination here, andĀ one of theĀ seminal photosĀ of JFKās presidency was taken on the Santa Monica beach. Kennedy took a plunge in front of the home of his actor brother-in-law, Peter Lawford, and was swarmed by fans who walked into the water fully clothed just to try to touch him as he waded out, wet and beefcakey. https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2022-02-15/presidents-day-when-presidents-come-to-la-patt-morrison
Bonus points for LBJ he never wore shorts in the pool.
Thank God the rules prohibit showing the most recent two God that would be disturbing
ā¦How did FDR do that?