Former President Donald Trump on Friday earned a rare endorsement from an iconic men’s culture magazine as he continues to build momentum in his third bid for the White House.
Maxim, which is known for being a staple in American pop culture with content that ranges from entertainment and sports to fashion and lifestyle, most of which is aimed at men, posted on the X platform: “Maxim endorses Donald J. Trump for President.”
The post included a photo of a younger Trump sitting in what appears to be an expensive sports car accompanied by wife Melania, who is sitting on the vehicle and looking seductively at her husband.Maxim was founded in the UK in 1995 and has since expanded globally, including a prominent edition in the U.S. The magazine covers a variety of topics aimed at a male audience, including fashion, sports, cars, gadgets, fitness, and entertainment. It is most famous for its features on models and celebrities and its annual “Hot 100” list, which showcases popular and attractive women in pop culture.
Meanwhile, Trump has gained a narrow lead over Vice President Harris in pollster Nate Silver’s prediction model just weeks before Election Day.
Although the race remains essentially a toss-up, Trump now leads Harris by just over half a percentage point, with 50.2 percent to Harris’s 49.5 percent, according to the model updated Thursday afternoon.
“However nominal, it’s Trump’s first lead in our model since Sept. 19,” Silver wrote on his Silver Bulletin site.
The political forecaster noted that just a day earlier, Harris was leading Trump by about a point, with 50.3 percent to 49.4 percent.
Trump gained ground with “some good polls” entering the database on Thursday, Silver wrote, including a 2-point lead in a Fox News poll and a lead in a Georgia survey, The Hill noted.
Harris took the lead in Silver’s polling aggregation model nearly a month ago. Neither candidate gained or lost significant ground after the earlier presidential debate on September 10, but Harris was performing strongly in five swing states, giving her an advantage.
