Absolute dork ass nerd? Yes. He’s the only politician I can recall who personally embraced a label like “policy wonk” so hard.

Fit? Eh. He allegedly maintained single-digit body fat %. The low range % where hormone production is affected and organs are stressed. Contrast that with today’s Republicans who are all about high T and making very public comments about each others butts. (But no homo!)

My cousin, a very good high school wrestler, was seriously struggling with an eating disorder in the era of Paul Ryan. I remember transferring some anger/frustration over it to Ryan for the version of masculinity he portrayed. One might even say “toxic” at how “real” men had to be so lean as to damage their bodies and any resulting body image issues were a sign of mental weakness. Hegseth, Trump, and crew lower the bar.