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Trump Mocks Jon Ossoff Over Campaign Spending on Makeup

President Trump claims the Georgia Democrat has spent more on cosmetics than any senator in history.

US Politics • 2 hours ago
Trump Mocks Jon Ossoff Over Campaign Spending on Makeup

President Trump on Friday ridiculed Sen. Jon Ossoff’s campaign spending on makeup, claiming the Georgia Democrat has spent more on cosmetics than any senator in history.

“He goes full bore. He’s got the makeup artist. They’re in there all the time. I don’t know how he does it, but he spends a fortune,” Trump said of Ossoff at a rally for Republican candidates in Dalton, Georgia.

“He spends more money on makeup than any man or woman in the history of the Senate,” the president asserted. “The women aren’t happy about it.”

Ossoff, who is running for his second term in the Senate, has spent thousands in campaign funds on makeup services this cycle, according to the Washington Free Beacon. Since February, his campaign has paid nearly $3,000 to makeup artist Stephanie Ponder, who has worked on films such as “The Notebook” and “The Hunger Games.”

The 39-year-old has reportedly spent more on makeup services than any other federal candidate in 2026.

Senator Jon Ossoff speaking at a debate in Atlanta.

Trump also commented on his own makeup habits, noting, “I wear very little, and I do it myself. Because if you don’t put a little on, you look a little bit like a dead person – and I don’t want to look that way.”

The president was in Georgia to campaign for Ossoff’s Republican challenger, Rep. Mike Collins, and GOP gubernatorial candidate Rick Jackson. Trump praised Collins as someone who “looks central casting” and lauded Jackson as a


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