Why Do They See Him as Masculine?

ONE THING THAT GENUINELY DOES MYSTIFY ME, WITH NO SNARK: TRUMP IS ONE OF THE LEAST MASCULINE, LEAST ADULT PEOPLE IN PUBLIC LIFE. NEEDY, WHINY, DEFENSIVE, PLEADING, SCARED OF WOMEN, TERRIFIED OF MORE POWERFUL MEN. I AM AT A LOSS ABOUT WHY HIS BASE SEES HIM AS MANLY OR STRONG. AND TO BE CLEAR, BY "MASCULINE" I MEAN THE THINGS HIS OWN FOLLOWERS WOULD ASSOCIATE POSITIVELY WITH MANLINESS: STOICISM, COURAGE, MANNERS, SELF-RESTRAINT, EVEN CHIVALRY. HE IS, IN EVERY WAY, A LITTLE BOY WITH IMPULSE ISSUES. AND YET THEY THINK OF HIM AS TOUGH. I DON'T GET THAT.

TOM NICHOLS