Newspaper Says Secret to Trump’s Success Might Be ‘Physical Attractiveness,’ Twitter Spits Out Its Coffee

“What society doesn’t value the beauty of an obese man child with pudgy small hands, unnatural coloring with white eye slits and crappy hair?”

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The Oregonian newspaper has left more than a few people scratching their heads with the headline, “The secret to Donald Trump’s success might be his physical attractiveness, study concludes.”

Beauty, of course, is in the eye of the beholder. But what’s not in dispute — and was particularly odd about the headline — is that the study in question had nothing to do with Trump. The study, conducted by the University of Helsinki in Finland, actually concluded that right-leaning politicians are more highly rewarded for good looks than left-leaning politicians.

For reasons that are unclear, the Oregonian worked Trump into the story, arguing that “Trump, often described by journalists as good-looking and even ‘dashing’ when he was an up-and-coming real-estate developer in the 1970s, has long understood the power of beauty.”

The disparity between the headline and what’s actually in the study didn’t go unnoticed by Twitter.

“What society doesn’t value the beauty of an obese man child with pudgy small hands, unnatural coloring with white eye slits and crappy hair,” tweeted one person.

“I just chocked on coffee,” wrote Observer reporter Dana Schwartz, “and I haven’t stopped coughing. 9 people in the office have asked if I’m okay.”

Sports writer Tyler Conway jokingly added an asterisk to the story: “(Fine print: Study funded by Trump University.)” Another user proclaimed: “I am logging off Twitter for the rest of my life.”

TheWrap reached out to both the paper and the writer of the story, but we haven’t heard back yet.

Here are some more Twitter responses to the story:

https://twitter.com/jtylerconway/status/848912198986543104

https://twitter.com/DanaSchwartzzz/status/848907522626990081

https://twitter.com/Pietro_pdx/status/848949091954503681

https://twitter.com/arecas35344/status/848935439863914496

https://twitter.com/RjThaGuru/status/848901474285441024

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