As I understand the whole “small hands” or more precisely the “small fingered” meme started many years ago, in the ‘80’s with Spy Magazine’s then contributor Graydon Carter (now a Vanity Fair editor) who in an essay referred to Trump as being “a short-fingered vulgarian”. Spy magazine also referred to Trump as “a well-fed condo hustler”, “an ugly cuff-link buff”, “a close-friend-free millionaire”, and “a Forbes 400 dropout”.
But the ever vain and thin skinned Trump went on the offence over the size of his fingers and has for over the last 25 years sent pictures of Trump’s hands to Carter, often circled in gold sharpie to prove he doesn’t have small hand or small fingers.
Trump defended his phalanges to Page Six in 2011.
"My fingers are long and beautiful, as, it has been well documented, are various other parts of my body," Trump said.
So to be completely honest it was Trump who first associated the size of his hands or fingers with other “various parts” of his body (insert penis size joke here).
If Trump hadn’t lowered himself to so obsessively respond over the course of 25 years to an insult from someone that most people had never heard of or ever read in a satirical magazine that few have ever heard of, live alone read, nobody would have known that Trump was so sensitive about the size of his hands or of his fingers nor associated that with Trump’s own obsession about that being a dig against the size of his “manhood”.
With that being said, I think Rubio was IMO stupid to lower himself to the insults but then again Trump started it by insulting Rubio, the size of his ears ““He has really large ears, the biggest ears I’ve ever seen” and his height “Little Marco” and making comments on sweat.
Trump can sure dish it out but he’s long proven that he can’t take it.
Since I actually had a subscription to Spy, which was a good magazine in its time, I’m well aware of the original satirical articles sponsored by fancy-haired Graydon Carter. Of course, trying to explain New York humor to people who have no sense of humor is nigh-on impossible on FR. Trump has a wild sense of humor (try watching one of his rallies) and has been hilarious in extolling the beauty of his hands. Now you either get that or you don’t, ok? But to take it seriously shows a complete lack of humor and, or, a purposeful misreading of him. With the media I would say it’s a purposeful misreading. With you, unfortunately, it’s having all the humor of a Smothers Brother.